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A worker was just hit by a forklift the scene is safe and you begin to assess the worker you see that she is conscious and breathing normally but obviously in pain what’s is the purpose of doing a secondary survey on this victim

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The purpose of doing a secondary survey on this victim is to: Look for any potentially life threatening injuries.

What is secondary survey?

Secondary survey are body survey carried out on a victim so as to detect any form of life threatening injuries and this survey is carried out by examining the whole body of the victim.

Life-threatening injuries are injuries that can lead to death if not diagnosed and treated.

Based on the information given carrying out secondary survey on this victim as the victim may have apparent injury.

Hence, secondary survey is important as it will help to detect any  life threatening injuries that may not be immediately visible.

Example of  life-threatening injuries includes:

  • Head injury
  • Skull fractures
  • Neck injury
  • Spinal cord injury etc

Inconclusion the purpose of doing a secondary survey on this victim is to: Look for any potentially life threatening injuries.

Learn more about secondary survey here:https://brainly.com/question/1695365

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