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A trauma patient who has fallen 20 feet from an apartment balcony is alert with warm, dry, pink skin, with normal capillary refilling time to the lower extremities, and is hypotensive. The upper extremities are cool, pale and diaphoretic. Which of the following injuries should be suspected?

A. Aortic dissection

B. Liver laceration

C. Fractured pelvis

D. Spinal cord injury

✔ Correct Answer:

D. Spinal cord injury

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