You are called to the scene of an adult patient who was the unrestrained driver in a single-car motor vehicle collision. The patient is pale, cold, and clammy, his pulse is 60 , respirations are 12, pupils are equal, dilated, and sluggish, and you have weak central pulses and absent peripheral pulses. Your rapid trauma survey reveals a scalp laceration, unequal lung sounds, flattened jugular veins, absent distal pulse, motor and sensory function, and a flail segment to the right anterior chest. Which of the following would be the BEST treatment for this patient? geoquad IV at keep open rate, assist ventilations, and rapidly transport. geoquad Perform a pleural decompression, assist ventilations, and rapidly transport. geoquad Restrict fluids, hyperventilate to decrease intracranial pressure, and rapidly transport. geoquad Assist ventilations, administer fluids to regain peripheral pulses, and rapidly transport.
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