A 4-year-old girl who lives in a heavily wooded area has a swollen tick on the arm. What should the nurse instruct the caregiver to remove the tick?
A) Take the child to a health care facility where the tick can be removed aseptically
B) Have another adult hold the child still, light a match and let it burn for one second, then blow out the match and quickly hold it on the tick
C) Hold a gauze pad beneath the tick to catch the blood and carefully crush the tick
D) Apply isopropyl alcohol to the tick and the child's arm, then use sterilized tweezers to carefully remove the tick without crushing it
Ans: D
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