The Medicare HICN suffix description for an aged widow, 60 or over (1st claimant) is D

The EMT is by the side of a young female who was cut while washing dishes. She has a jagged laceration to her left forearm that is bleeding steadily and heavily. When attempting to control the bleeding, the EMT would first:

A) tightly wrap roller gauze around a large sterile dressing placed over the top of the injury. B) apply direct pressure to the elbow to slow the flow of blood into the distal arm. C) place a large sterile dressing over the site with hand pressure applied over the top of the dressing. D) wrap the injury site tightly with roller gauze and apply a tourniquet above the laceration.

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