You and your partner are caring for a 30-year-old female who sustained extensive partial- and full-thickness burns when she was near a gas heater that exploded. Your primary assessment reveals that the patient is semiconscious with profoundly labored and stridorous respirations. Immediate management of this patient should include:
A. assisting her breathing with a bag-mask device and oxygen.
B. covering her with dry, sterile dressings and applying oxygen.
C. insertion of a multilumen airway to protect her from aspiration.
D. 100% oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and rapid transport.
Answer: A. assisting her breathing with a bag-mask device and oxygen.
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