Medical direction has advised you to place a patient who is obese and extremely short of breath in a supine position. Knowing that doing so will cause the patient to become more short of breath, your best action would be to:

A) explain your concern to the physician and ask for clarification.
B) place the patient in the supine position and expedite transport.
C) contact a different hospital and transport the patient there.
D) ask your partner what he would do.


A

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