While at a public pool obtaining a refusal of care from a patient who was stung by a bee, you hear screaming. Patrons are waving you over to a 13-year-old boy who hit the diving board with his head while diving. He is now in the water and is motionless. The lifeguard is in the water and informs you that the patient's eyes are open and he is breathing with a pulse, but not talking. What should you do next?
A) Instruct the lifeguard to carefully float the boy to the side of the pool so you can assess and get him on a backboard
B) Have the lifeguard quickly remove the patient from the pool so assessment and emergency medical care can be given
C) Position the boy upright against the lifeguard with spine motion restriction precautions observed during removal from the pool
D) Pass a cervical collar and long board into the water for providing spine motion restriction precautions to the patient prior to his extrication from the water
D) Pass a cervical collar and long board into the water for providing spine motion restriction precautions to the patient prior to his extrication from the water
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