Hemophilia is a blood disorder in which the:
A) Platelets are unable to transport oxygen
B) Blood is unable to form clots properly
C) Red blood cells are malformed and do not form clots
D) Blood is thin and bleeding is difficult to control
B) Blood is unable to form clots properly
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You are assessing a young child who was briefly submerged after falling approximately 20 feet from an observation platform into the shallow portion of a lake. Family members jumped into the lake immediately and pulled the girl to safety. She is confused and begins to vomit profuse amounts of water. What should you do immediately?
A) Suction using a rigid-tip catheter, while maintaining manual spine motion restriction precautions B) Place the patient in a side-lying position and tell her to "vomit all the water out" C) Check the patient's breath sounds with a stethoscope to determine whether she aspirated any water D) Perform the head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver and use the flexible catheter to suction out the water while maintaining spine motion restriction precautions