When moving a conscious, weak patient down a flight of stairs, you should:
A. assist the patient in walking down the stairs and place him or her on the wheeled stretcher at the bottom of the stairs.
B. secure the patient to a scoop stretcher and carry him or her headfirst down the stairs to the awaiting stretcher.
C. collapse the undercarriage of the wheeled stretcher and carefully carry the patient down the stairs on the stretcher.
D. place the wheeled stretcher at the bottom of the stairs and carry the patient down the stairs with a stair chair.
Answer: D. place the wheeled stretcher at the bottom of the stairs and carry the patient down the stairs with a stair chair.
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