Four Victims of an Automobile Crash Are Brought by Ambulance

Four victims of an automobile crash are brought by ambulance to the emergency department (emergency department) . The triage nurse determines that the victim who has the highest priority for treatment is the one with

A) severe bleeding of facial and head lacerations.
B) an open femur fracture with profuse bleeding.
C) a sucking chest wound.
D) absence of peripheral pulses.