A patient is brought to the emergency department with physical injuries sustained from a gang fight. The patient's blood pressure is 80/50 mmHg with a pulse of 120 and thready. The nurse realizes that the diagnostic test that would provide the fastest information to help this patient would be which of the following?
A) sonogram
B) complete blood count
C) urinalysis
D) serum electrolyte levels
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