Select the safest method for handling a patient with an impaled object in the thigh.
Hold pressure around the site with sterile gauze, carefully remove the object and apply an occlusive dressing.
Complete patient assessment and, if stable, hold pressure with sterile gauze, carefully remove the object, and apply pressure dressing.
Stabilize the impaled object with bulky dressing; do not remove the object.
Only remove impaled objects that are in the mouth.
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