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During a pre-monsoon thunderstorm in Palakkad, lightning strikes a tree under which farm workers are sheltering. The PHC medical officer reaches the field within minutes with one helper and finds five victims: three are awake and groaning, with feathery burns and confusion; one is breathing but has cold, mottled, weak legs that he cannot move; and one is unresponsive, not breathing and pulseless. Bystanders say the last man is dead and should be left. The storm has passed and the field is now safe to enter. Whom should the medical officer attend first?
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