Your patient has a circumferential upper extremity burn wound. The patient complains of increasing pain and paresthesias in the involved extremity. You should first:

A. ask the physician for modifications in the patient's pain medications.
B. elevate the extremity.
C. assess the pulses and capillary in the involved extremity.
D. A and B.

C

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