While transporting a stable patient with chest pain to the hospital, you come across a major motor vehicle crash involving several critically injured patients. Your MOST appropriate action should be to:
A. ask a bystander to remain with your patient as you treat the crash victims.
B. remain at the scene until law enforcement and another ambulance arrive.
C. stop and triage the patients while your partner remains in the ambulance.
D. continue transporting your patient and notify the dispatcher of the crash.
Answer: D. continue transporting your patient and notify the dispatcher of the crash.
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