You have been dispatched to the site of a construction accident where a 36-year-old male patient was moderately cut by some machinery.His left arm has a 4" deep laceration that appears to have stopped bleeding with the gauze and direct pressure applied by his coworkers.Your knowledge of physiology suggests that which component of blood was partially responsible for forming clotting factors to stop the bleeding?

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Platelets are primarily responsible for forming blood clots to stop bleeding. They are activated when there is a disruption in the blood vessel wall and they form a plug to stop bleeding. In this scenario, the direct pressure applied to the wound likely activated the platelets to begin clotting and stop the bleeding.

You Have Been Dispatched to the Site of a Construction