If a patient falls from an examining table and cannot get up, ____. 

A. quickly sit him up in a chair
B. help him to get back on the table
C. avoid telling the physician
D. document the incident after assisting the patient from the floor
E. call for help and do not move the patient until the physician examines him

E. call for help and do not move the patient until the physician examines him
If a patient falls and cannot get up, call for help. Do not move the patient until the physician or an EMT examines him.

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