Does the patient look like a bitch?

That’s not what Dr Dre would do, fool

Good, you can work in the ER. Healthcare workers are not assumed to know every firearm and how to operate them, even though we are in America.

At least the correct answer is obvious instead of a test with vaguely-worded trick questions and ambiguous answers. Those are the tests that make me livid.

Unironically an unexplored Nic Cage movie genre.

That's step F, after performing the other steps in the order of DAEBC.

Look. Doing A-E is going to be expensive enough for the young fella. I don't think he can also afford gunshot wound treatment.

I don't like the DM (⁠｡⁠•́⁠︿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠)

The general risk assessment is that medical personal don't know as much about firearms as Law enforcement - and LEOs don't know much. And you generally have other things to do that are more important than causing a negligent discharge in the ER.

Beside, do you really want to trust the Triage Nurse with a loaded firearm?

Medical staff arn't trained with guns and they figure there's less possibility of an accidental discharge the less people are touching it

Couple reasons.

One: do you know anything about that model of firearm? Does it have a safety? Can it slam-fire if handled improperly?

Two: Is there important information that can be conveyed by the present condition of the firearm. Was it a shooting or an accident. Would clearing the firearm remove important information that can be used to ascertain what happened?

Three: Preserving the firearm can preserve evidence. While that is not necessarily part of the duty of medical staff, there's no reason to risk destroying evidence if the firearm can be safely isolated with minimal disturbance.

Four: Why do it? An isolated, secure gun isn't going to decide to start blasting people on its own. What advantage is there to handling the gun more than is necessary in that situation? Get it out of the way and keep working.

The most lawyer friendly answer is probably C.

I am not a doctor, but I do know how to handle firearms, so I would also unload and ensure that the gun is not in a condition to fire. This would probably dock me points for diluting potential evidence or some such horseshit, but it'd still be the right thing to do. Provided you knew what you were doing.

It's not difficult.

A is wrong because whoever wrote this is in no position to evaluate if the person reading it is capable of "to check if the gun is loaded" without blowing their own head off.

D is wrong because the person whoever wrote this is in no position to evaluate if the person reading it is capable of "hold the gun personally" without blowing their own head off.

C is the only correct answer.