You are the flight nurse responding to a 30-year-old male who was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, you find the patient conscious but in severe pain, with deformity and instability noted to the pelvis. What should be your immediate priority in managing this patient's pelvic injury?
The immediate priority in managing a patient with suspected pelvic fracture is to stabilize the pelvis to reduce further bleeding and prevent additional injury. A pelvic binder should be applied as soon as possible to provide this stabilization. Manual traction is not applicable in this scenario, as it is typically used for long bone fractures, and while IV fluids and immobilization are important, they are secondary to the immediate stabilization of the pelvis.
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