You and your partner have been dispatched to a report of a motorcycle crash on a curvy back road. Fellow riders at the scene reported the patient was traveling too fast to negotiate a sharp curve and was thrown over a guardrail into a tree. They carried the patient up an approximate 4-foot embankment to the road. Upon your arrival, you find a male patient you estimate to be between 20 – 25 years of age, being cared for by a police officer who has opened the airway using an NPA and is administering oxygen via an NRB. The officer reports that the patient has been unconscious since their arrival on scene. At the bottom of the embankment, you see the patient’s helmet and notice it has sustained significant damage. As you approach the patient, you observe that he has a gross angulation of his lower left leg and an obvious deformity of his right humerus. 1. In addition to scene safety, what else would you evaluate during your initial scene size up?
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