You Are Performing a Secondary Assessment on the Unrestrained Adult

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are performing a secondary assessment on the unrestrained adult passenger involved in a motor vehicle collision, in which the car rolled end over end several times at a high rate of speed. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli and in a state of shock. When assessing the head, which one of the following is appropriate?

• A) Cleaning a laceration to the scalp
• B) Checking the pupils with a penlight
• C) Performing a blind finger sweep to check the airway
• D) Applying pressure to a depressed area of the skull

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