Firefighters have pulled a middle-aged male from a burning bedroom. The patient is unresponsive and has obvious deformity of his left ankle. His respirations are rapid, stridorous, and shallow. Your partner inserts an oropharyngeal airway and begins ventilating the patient with a bag-valve mask appropriately. Which action would you perform next?
A) Instruct your partner to hyperventilate the patient
B) Find out how long the patient was in the burning structure
C) Secure the left ankle to a board splint
D) Assess the patient's carotid pulse
D) Assess the patient's carotid pulse
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