You are en route to a home for an 8-year-old child with "noisy" breathing and a cough. As you respond, which piece of advice would you give your partner, a new EMT?
A) "We will need to be careful. Children of this age group tend to throw tantrums, and we could get hurt if we are not careful."
B) "The scene probably will be chaotic, so let's just get the patient out to the ambulance and assess him there."
C) "Although most children of this age are trusting of authority, let's approach slowly and make the scene work for us."
D) "Most children in this age group have a short attention span, so we need to assess him as quickly as possible before he gets angry or upset."
C) "Although most children of this age are trusting of authority, let's approach slowly and make the scene work for us."
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