SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You and your partner are first on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. One vehicle is a compact car that is completely upside down on the road. You can see the driver moving slightly behind the deployed airbag. The other vehicle is an SUV on its side on a grassy verge with a slight incline. There are two people in the SUV.Why should you not attempt to break the windshield in order to extract patients from a motor vehicle?
A. It is illegal in most states to purposely break a windshield.
B. Windshields are resistant to the spring-loaded center punch used to break car windows.
C. Windshields are made of tempered glass, which when shattered will create many small, sharp fragments, which could cut the patient.
D. Windshields are made of laminated safety glass, so even when shattered, the glass pieces stay together, making access more difficult.
Answer: D
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