A nurse is caring for a patient in the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident. The patient quickly decompensates with worsening dyspnea, hypoxemia, and cough with bloody sputum. Which is the priority nursing action?
Draw and send type and screen blood tests.
Prepare for chest tube insertion.
Insert a large-bore IV.
Obtain a CT scan.
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