Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2011
After a car accident a 37-year-old patient has an acute pain and bleeding in the middle third of his right thigh. Objectively: there is a wound on the anterior surface of the right thigh with massive bleeding, abnormal mobility at the level of the middle third of the thigh. The first aid is to be started with:
Answer options
- Tourniquet application
- Venipuncture and intravenous infusion of polyglycine
- Injection of pain-killers
- Immobilization of the extremity with a transportation splint
- Digital occlusion of the femoral artery
Correct answer
Digital occlusion of the femoral artery
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