156k views
3 votes
You are caring for a 21-year-old female who has been stabbed with an ice pick in the right chest. The victim is in a great deal of pain and is having trouble breathing. Your priority should be to remove the ice pick as quickly as possible and provide rescue breathing if necessary.

a. True
b. False

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

false

Step-by-step explanation:

because then she will start to bleed then it is an open wound so keep the ice pick in because it is the only thing that is keeping her from bleeding out.

User Fmoo
by
4.7k points
1 vote
false, i don’t really know how to explain it but the ice pick is keeping her blood inside her body i think.
User Justin Dearing
by
4.4k points