A female patient in her forties has overdosed and is lying at the bottom of some stairs. Her husband reluctantly informs you that she is addicted to pain medications and was chewing a fentanyl (narcotic pain reliever) patch this evening. She was having difficulty standing up and fell down the stairs. The husband is so frustrated with her that he immediately leaves the scene. The patient has snoring respiration and is incontinent of urine. You first step in caring for this patient would be to:
A) Check her pupils for signs of a narcotic overdose
B) Open the airway with a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver
C) Apply supplemental oxygen
D) Take manual spine motion restriction precautions
D) Take manual spine motion restriction precautions
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