A non-English-speaking patient is in a room where a fire has started. What is your priority?

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Use hand gestures and physically guide the patient to a safe area while alerting staff. Immediately using hand gestures, physical guidance, and action is appropriate in an emergency when verbal communication is not possible. Waiting for an interpreter (A) wastes critical evacuation time in a fire emergency. Leaving the patient (C) is abandonment and life-threatening. Assuming understanding (D) is unsafe with language barriers. Emergency situations require immediate action using nonverbal communication and physical assistance.