You respond to the scene of a 14-year-old patient.He is unresponsive and hypothermic.Emergency Medical Responders have moved the patient inside and secured the airway prior to your arrival.What is your next action?

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Passive rewarming is the best choice in this situation. Vigorously rubbing the patient can cause further damage and is not recommended. Active rewarming, such as using warming blankets or hot water bottles, can also cause harm as the patient is hypothermic and their body may not be able to regulate temperature properly. Therefore, passive rewarming such as covering the patient with warm blankets is the safest and most effective option. Assessing for frostbite may be important, but it is not the immediate priority in this situation where the patient is unresponsive and hypothermic.

You Respond to the Scene of a 14-Year-Old Patient