You are dispatched to the scene of an assault with police on the scene. you arrive to find a​ 28-year-old female victim who received a blow to the side of the neck with a blunt object and was robbed. the patient is sitting on the​ curb, conscious and well​ oriented, but is sobbing inconsolably. a bystander is holding a jacket on the​ patient's open wound but is not in control of the bleeding. the patient has a respiratory rate of 16 and a radial pulse of 92. which initial treatment step would be most​ appropriate?