If the receiving facility does not have adequate resources to take care of your patient, you should next determine whether:
A) there is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance.
B) an emergency physician should be dispatched to the scene.
C) transport of the patient by ambulance is absolutely necessary.
D) a BLS ambulance can transport the patient to a distant hospital.
Answer: A) there is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance.
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