You are called to a local park for an ill person. It is a hot day and the humidity is high. When you arrive, a bystander directs you to the patient, a young male who is semiconscious. His skin is flushed, hot, and moist. Your FIRST action in the management of this patient should be to:

A) ensure an open airway.
B) move him to a cool area.
C) administer high-flow oxygen.
D) begin rapid cooling measures.

Ans: B) move him to a cool area.

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