A patient who was complaining of a headache is being transported to the hospital. After providing a report to the emergency department, the patient begins to seize. The seizure lasts for 1 minute and then stops. At this time, you are 5 minutes from the hospital. After providing care for the seizure, your next action should be to:
A) continue care and transport to the hospital.
B) call the hospital and inform them of the seizure.
C) contact family via cell phone and determine is the patient has a history of seizures.
D) document the seizure on the prehospital care report.
B
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