For Which of the Following Patients Should the EMT Carefully

Multiple Choice

For which of the following patients should the EMT carefully continue to monitor the patient's ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport due to the greatest risk of respiratory failure?

A) 17-year-old male with a blistering sunburn on his face
B) 34-year-old male who opened the radiator of his car and had hot fluid spray on his chest, resulting in redness and pain in an area about the size of the patient's hand
C) 28-year-old male who spilled a strong industrial acid on his legs
D) 16-year-old male whose shirt caught on fire, resulting in circumferential burns of his chest