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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2015

A 30-year-old patient was 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

  1. Precordial thump
  2. Tourniquet below the wound of the right thigh
  3. Artificial lung ventilation
  4. Tourniquet above the wound of the right thigh
  5. Plaster bar
Correct answer

Tourniquet above the wound of the right thigh

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