Patients with generalized hypothermia are at an increased risk of a local cold injury because:

A. blood is shunted away from the extremities to the body's core.
B. peripheral vasodilation brings warm blood to the skin's surface.
C. the major muscles of the body become rigid during hypothermia.
D. the patient is usually unable to escape the cold ambient temperature.


Ans: A. blood is shunted away from the extremities to the body's core.

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