Your patient is a 24-year-old man who smoked a cigarette dipped in formaldehyde and then went outside with no shoes on and walked in the snow for about an hour.He has deep local cold injuries to both feet.Which of the following should be included in your management of this patient?
A) Break blisters before wrapping both feet in sterile dressings.
B) Have the patient sit with his feet lower than the rest of his body.
C) Gradually rewarm both feet.
D) Massage the feet briskly.
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