Immediately after giving a prehospital care report to the nurse in the emergency department, dispatch informs you that there are no more ambulances available and you must immediately leave the hospital to cover another portion of the county. Since your service uses a computerized documentation system and there is no time to complete your report, your best course of action should be to:
A) Give a verbal report to the ED physician
B) Repeat your assessment findings and treatment to the nurse
C) Complete an abbreviated transfer-of-care report
D) Leave and return to complete the report as soon as possible
C) Complete an abbreviated transfer-of-care report
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