You Have Been Called to Assist Another Crew with the Birth

question 15

Multiple Choice

You have been called to assist another crew with the birth of a baby. On scene another EMT informs you that the mother's perineum tore and is bleeding heavily. You would:

• A) place a cold pack on the mother's abdomen just below the umbilicus.
• B) apply a sterile gauze dressing with gentle pressure above the vagina.
• C) place a sterile dressing between the mother's vagina and rectum.
• D) insert sterile gauze into the vagina and leave in place until bleeding stops.

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