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. You should:
A.load him into the ambulance and begin rapid cooling interventions.B.perform a head-to-toe assessment and look for signs of trauma.C.place him in a sitting position and have him drink 1 L of water.D.administer one tube of oral glucose and reassess his mental status.