You have been called for an unresponsive patient. When you arrive at the scene, hysterical family members direct you to an unresponsive 32-year-old woman who is lying on the bedroom floor. Her husband says that she left a note saying that she wanted to kill herself and took an unspecified poison. Assessment reveals a green-colored liquid in her mouth and respirations that are rapid, shallow, and gurgling. The patient's pulse is weak, and her skin is cool and dry with cyanosis to her fingertips. Your immediate action would be to:
A) Start positive pressure ventilation
B) Extricate the patient and provide care en route to the hospital
C) Manually open the patient's airway and perform suction
D) Read the note for clues to what the patient took
C) Manually open the patient's airway and perform suction
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