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You are dispatched to the scene of an assault with police on the scene. you arrive to find a​ 28-year-old female victim who received a blow to the side of the neck with a blunt object and was robbed. the patient is sitting on the​ curb, conscious and well​ oriented, but is sobbing inconsolably. a bystander is holding a jacket on the​ patient's open wound but is not in control of the bleeding. the patient has a respiratory rate of 16 and a radial pulse of 92. which initial treatment step would be most​ appropriate?

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The correct option is this: HAVE YOUR PARTNER APPLY MANUAL STABILIZATION WHILE YOU APPLY A LOOSELY BANDAGED ABSORBENT DRESSING.
Stabilization is a process that is used to prevent shock in injured or sick people. Stabilization should be the first thing that is done for a patient when a patient is in shock. To manually stabilize a patient with neck injury; place your hands on both side of the person's head and do not attempt to align the head and the lower body.
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