Abstract
In the emergency treatment of a patient with multiple severe injuries who is brought to a physician's office from the scene of an accident, the physician must make sure that a way for air to reach the lungs is open, must treat or prevent shock, stop hemorrhage and apply temporary splints to fractures of the extremity.
The possibility that the tip of the tongue is blocking the pharynx and that blood or other fluid is clogging the airway must be considered. Fluids should be administered intravenously to prevent shock and gauze pads should be held firmly in place to control bleeding.
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