A 36-year-old male patient was involved in an altercation with a knife and has suffered a 2-inch laceration to the right side of the neck. Bleeding was controlled prior to your arrival by Emergency Medical Responders. Your paramedic partner has asked you to apply an occlusive dressing to the wound. You recognize that the primary benefit of the action is to:
A) prevent the cervical collar from touching the wound.
B) control the bleeding from large blood vessels.
C) prevent air entry into the circulatory system.
D) promote clot formation in order to stop bleeding.
C
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