Whether you’re dealing with one casualty or many, the priority order is the same: bleeding, breathing, burns, breaks — the four B’s. Massive haemorrhage comes first because uncontrolled bleeding is the most rapidly fatal and most preventable cause of death. Breathing issues come second. Burns and fractures follow. The common trap is distraction injury which is a dramatic-looking fracture with bone protruding through skin that draws attention away from a less visible but more life-threatening bleed. Slow down, do a systematic sweep, and work through the priority order deliberately rather than reacting to what looks worst.
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