A community patient arrives to the site of a disaster, hysterically crying because she was in the building that had collapsed just minutes before the disaster. Which of the following should be done with this patient?
A) Advise her to go home with her family.
B) Triage this patient and transport to the hospital.
C) Have a nurse talk with the patient.
D) Ask psychiatric service personnel to talk with this patient.
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