Your friends are discussing a hunting accident they heard about on the news. A hunter was shot with a high-powered rifle, and the report indicated that he had damage to several internal organs. From your knowledge of mechanisms of injury, you can tell your friends that this type of injury is called a:

a. high-impact injury.
b. high-velocity penetrating injury.
c. projectile injury.
d. blast injury.


Answer: b

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