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You are a new assistant in a medical practice, and a patient arrives looking pale, and can not find their medical insurance information. As a professional, what would be your perception of the need for care of this patient? What would be your first action? Now reflect on what you decided, and explain why you made that decision.

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SmartJosh

Answer: You might have to put it in your own words.

BLEEDING occurs when there is a cut or tear of a blood vessel either within or outside the body. This is usually caused by an accident or a symptom to a disease. The severity of the bleeding depends on the type which includes:

Explanation:

--> venous bleeding

--> Capillary bleeding or

--> Arterial bleeding (usually severe when it occurs)

As a professional medical assistant I perceive that when a bleeding patient is left untreated, such an individual is likely to enter a type of shock called HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK and die. Hypovolemic shock is an emergency situation that occurs due to loss of blood and fluid. From the clinical features of the patient ( looking pale) an immediate treatment is needed. I would take the following immediate actions:

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