You arrive on the scene of an alleged rape. The 25-year-old female has been physically assaulted quite badly and has numerous deep lacerations and fractured extremities. You must remove her clothes for a trauma assessment. What is the best procedure for handling her clothing?
A) You cut her clothes off as you have been taught to in order to expose injuries. You put her clothes in a pile on the floor of the ambulance, like you do with the clothes of all trauma patients. You then drop the clothes off at the ER. The police will pick them up.
B) Cut around the injury sites and leave the rest of the clothes on her.
C) You understand that you and the victim's clothing are now part of the chain of evidence. You remove her clothes as carefully as possible and, if one is available, place them in a paper bag. You keep the clothes in your sight until the bag is turned over to law enforcement.
D) It is not your problem; you are not the police.
C
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