A man is brought into the ED via ambulance following a high-speed motor vehicle accident. He is unconscious, and bleeding profusely from the arm. In planning care for this man, the nurse gives the...

A man is brought into the ED via ambulance following a high-speed motor vehicle accident. He is unconscious, and bleeding profusely from the arm. In planning care for this man, the nurse gives the highest priority to the goal of:

1 maintaining the person’s airway

2 assisting the person’s breathing

3 controlling the bleeding

4 maintaining the person’s fluid volume