A trauma patient is rushed to the OR after a primary survey is completed in the emergency department. He is a 36-year-old male with multiple penetrating gunshot and knife wounds to the abdomen. He is bleeding profusely. What appropriate actions are critical in the rapid preparation for this procedure?

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The circulator should prep the patient from the suprasternal notch to the midthigh. This allows for rapid access to the chest to clamp the aorta should massive hemorrhage control be indicated; it also allows for exposure of the femoral arteries for potential cannulation and access to the thigh for harvesting a saphenous vein.

A Trauma Patient Is Rushed to the OR After a Primary