A patient should be placed in the recovery position when he or she:
A. is semiconscious, injured, and breathing adequately.
B. has experienced trauma but is breathing effectively.
C. with a decreased level of consciousness, uninjured, and breathing adequately.
D. has a pulse but is unconscious and breathing shallowly.
Answer: C. with a decreased level of consciousness, uninjured, and breathing adequately.
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