A vehicle has struck a utility pole, and an electrical wire has fallen onto an unconscious injured person lying beside the vehicle. When providing assistance, the first action should be to:

Explanation

While the wire lies on the victim, current may pass through his body, and anyone who touches him can get an electric shock too. So the first step is to move the wire off the victim with a dry insulating object. Pulling the victim away by hand is dangerous, and the examination and the search for burn marks come only after the danger has been removed.