Your best protection when an alert and oriented patient with the capacity to make rational decisions refuses EMS care or transport is to:
A) Inform the patient's family physician of what happened
B) Have your partner sign the refusal form as a witness
C) Contact the patient at a later time to see how she is doing
D) Completely and thoroughly document the incident
D) Completely and thoroughly document the incident
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