A patient who has experienced a spinal cord injury causing blood to pool may be experiencing:

neurogenic shock
anaphylactic shock
cardiogenic shock
septic shock


neurogenic shock

Rationale: Neurogenic shock can result from a concussion or spinal cord injury causing blood to pool in veins and reduce cardiac output.

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