You and your partner are preparing to backboard a patient using a vest type short spine immobilization device. After ensuring that inline manual spinal stabilization is being maintained, your next instruction should be:
a. "Let's get the cervical collar applied before we place the vest."
b. "Let's turn the patient away from the tree before applying the vest."
c. "Let's check motor, sensory, and pulses in the arms and legs."
d. "Let's place the vest on the backboard and carefully move him onto it."
Answer: c
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A) "You are probably right; I feel comfortable in having him sign a refusal." B) "I agree. Anyone with a blood sugar less than 50 should be unconscious." C) "The response to a low blood sugar can vary from patient to patient." D) "I agree. Just to be safe, I am not going to give him any oral glucose."
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A) begin your reassessment. B) move the patient to the ambulance for transport. C) assist the patient to take his blood pressure medication. D) write down the patient's vital signs.