Your patient is a 17-year-old male who is spitting and coughing after swallowing some gasoline while siphoning from a gas tank. Which of the following should you do first?
A) Have the patient drink a glass of milk.
B) Contact medical control.
C) Administer syrup of ipecac.
D) Insert a Combitube or another blind insertion device, if you are trained to do so.
B
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