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You are caring for a victim who is bleeding from a wound on one arm. You have applied direct pressure to the wound, and placed a pressure bandage on the wound. Unfortunately, the bleeding continues and the pressure bandage is now soaked with blood. What should you do?

a. Elevate the wound as high as possible, apply additional pads to absorb the blood.
b. Apply additional pads and tighten the pressure bandage, then elevate the wound.
c. Apply an additional pressure bandage to absorb the blood.
d. Tighten the pressure bandage then compress an artery at a pressure point.

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User Shiu
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C. Apply an additional pressure bandage to absorb the blood.
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User Eduardo Herzer
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