Your Patient Has Come into the Emergency Department with a Self-Inflicted

Multiple Choice

Your patient has come into the emergency department with a self-inflicted wrist laceration that has severe bleeding. You have begun to apply pressure to the wound. What would your immediate priority be?

A) See to the patient's need for psychiatric evaluation.
B) Lower the patient's body temperature to decrease circulation.
C) Place the extremity below the level of the heart.
D) Monitor the patient for signs of shock.