A nurse is triaging multiple clients who arrived in the emergency department from a house fire. The nurse assesses that which client has the highest priority for care?

Client with moist blisters over the back and who reports pain as 10

Client with partial and deep partial thickness burns on the face and neck with high-pitched respiratory sounds

Client with facial burns and expectorating sooty secretions in no distress

Client with dry, black skin on both hands and a history of diabetes mellitus