Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-inch laceration on his anterior forearm.You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage,but these have become saturated due to continued bleeding.Which of the following should you do now?

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Since the pressure dressing and bandage have become saturated and continued bleeding is occurring, more aggressive measures are necessary to control the bleeding. Option B recommends elevating the arm and preparing to apply a tourniquet or administering a hemostatic agent. Elevating the arm may help slow the bleeding, and if the bleeding cannot be controlled with direct pressure, a tourniquet (as a last resort) or hemostatic agent may be necessary to control the bleeding. Options A and C do not address the need for more aggressive measures, and Option D does not mention additional measures for controlling bleeding.

Your Patient Is a 12-Year-Old Boy Who Ran His Arm