A nurse is caring for a patient who has just started to bleed from the insertion site following a cardiac catheterization. What should be the nurse's first response?

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1. Vitamin K is an antidote for warfarin. It increases hepatic biosynthesis of blood-clotting factors. But it is not a treatment for an active bleed.
2. This might take too much time and might be done later.
3. This might take too much time and might be done later.
4. The nurse should immediately apply manual pressure to the site.

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