You receive a call to a residence for a sick patient. Upon your arrival, you find the patient, a 53-year-old diabetic male, lying down on his front porch. His wife tells you that he had been mowing the lawn in the heat for the past 3 hours. The patient is confused and has hot, moist skin. His pulse is weak and thready, and his blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg. In addition to administering 100% oxygen, you should:
A. perform a rapid assessment and look for signs of trauma.
B. place him in a sitting position and have him drink 1 L of water.
C. load him into the ambulance and begin rapid cooling interventions.
D. administer one tube of oral glucose and reassess his mental status.
Answer: C. load him into the ambulance and begin rapid cooling interventions.
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