When speaking to a group of high school students, the rehabilitation nurse states that spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis occur mainly as the result of traumatic accidents in which group of individuals?
a. Middle-aged men
b. Older adult females
c. Young males
d. Young females
ANS: C
Individuals paralyzed by spinal cord injuries are primarily young males.
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A. 50 B. 100 C. 150 D. 200