Which of the following statements about trauma is FALSE?
A) Life-threatening injuries may exist with little external evidence.
B) Dramatic-appearing extremity injuries draw the paramedic's focus away from life-threatening injuries.
C) Life-threatening injury occurs in less than 10 percent of trauma patients.
D) Most patients with life-threatening trauma will have sustained external injury to the extremities (arms/legs).
D
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