During a mock training session, student nurses are taught the acronym "RACE" to be followed during a fire. What does "R" stand for?

A) Can clients walk to safety?
B) Call for assistance
C) Contain or confine the fire
D) Cut out using extinguishers


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"C" in the RACE acronym stands for "containing or confining the fire." "R" stands for the "rescue" of clients who can walk to safety; "A" is for "alarm," reminding those involved to call for assistance; and "E" is for "extinguish," or use fire extinguishers to put out the fire.

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