SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).A 36-year-old male has fallen from a second-story window after drinking heavily at a party. He complains of pain in his left forearm but there is no external sign of injury there. He also tells you that he cannot feel his legs. His breathing is diaphragmatic.Based on the mechanism of injury, you suspect that the pains in his arm is:
A. a distracting injury.
B. a radiating injury.
C. referred pain.
D. a hallucination.
Answer: A
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