When functioning at the scene of a motor vehicle crash in which a patient will require complex extrication, you should enter the vehicle and provide care to the patient:
A. only if the patient has experienced a major injury.
B. after rescue personnel have cut the battery cables.
C. after receiving approval from the extrication officer.
D. only after you believe the vehicle has been stabilized.
Ans: C. after receiving approval from the extrication officer.
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