While performing a primary assessment on a patient who has an isolated spinal cord injury, you note that he is in severe respiratory distress and struggling to breathe. Where should you suspect that the spinal cord injury has occurred?

a. The diaphragm
b. The cervical spine
c. The thoracic spine
d. The lumbar spine


Answer: b

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