While preparing to receive patients at the scene of a hazardous material spill, you see a middle-aged man approaching your ambulance. He is covered with a green liquid, is dyspneic, and states that he "barely got out of there alive!" You should:
A) advise the man to proceed back to the incident site so that he can be properly decontaminated.
B) quickly don standard precautions, assist the patient to the ambulance, and apply high-flow oxygen.
C) get close enough to the man so that you can visually triage him, and decontaminate him if he is stable.
D) tell him to stop immediately and inform the incident commander that the patient has not been decontaminated.
Answer: D) tell him to stop immediately and inform the incident commander that the patient has not been decontaminated.
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