You Are Dispatched to a Female with Altered Mental Status

Multiple Choice

You are dispatched to a female with altered mental status.Once inside the home,you find a female who appears to have been beaten unconscious.A man,who smells of alcohol,says that she is his wife and that he does not know what happened: "I just found her this way!" The husband is behaving suspiciously,appears paranoid,and is pacing erratically around the room.What would be the safest course of action?

A) Continue to question the man and begin treating the patient.
B) Evacuate the patient and begin treatment.
C) Leave the house and call for law enforcement.
D) Have your partner call for help while you stay with the patient.