You are on night duty at Dawadmi General Hospital. You rush into a trauma room, where first responders are delivering a patient. They inform you that bystanders saw he had a car accident. The driver fell out of the vehicle and initially appeared unconscious. Do you remember the initial steps you learned for how to resuscitate an injured patient who may have sustained trauma? Please mention it in a brief note according to the last scenario.
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