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While jogging on a trail you come upon a child who fell off her bike and has severe facial lacerations that are bleeding profusely. In order to most effectively curtail the bleeding, where would you put pressure (bilaterally)?

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Answer:

The answer is a horizontal ramus of the mandible just anterior to the attachment of the masseter.

Step-by-step explanation:

You would put pressure in ramus of the mandible just anterior to the attachment of the masseter.

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