Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2013
A 30-year-old patient got in a car accident. He is unconscious, pale, has thready pulse. In the middle third of the right thigh there is an extensive laceration with ongoing profuse external arterial bleeding. What urgent actions must be taken to save the life of the patient?
Answer options
- Artificial lung ventilation
- Precordial thump
- Tourniquet below the wound of the right thigh
- Plaster bar
- Tourniquet above the wound of the right thigh
Correct answer
Tourniquet above the wound of the right thigh
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