A nurse is at the scene of a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. Which is the priority action of the nurse?
a. Make sure that victims are not electrically charged.
b. Assess victims for second- and third-degree burns.
c. Start emergency resuscitation on anyone not breathing.
d. Move victims and first aid responders to a sheltered area.
D
Victims of a lightning strike are not electrically charged afterward. Cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion (CPR) should be started once victims and first aid responders are in a sheltered area, because the thunderstorm presents a continued threat of lightning strikes.
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