Your Patient Is a 21-Year-Old Male Who Slid Head-First Down

Your patient is a 21-year-old male who slid head-first down a water slide at his fraternity house and impacted the bales of straw that his fraternity brothers had erected as a barrier to keep participants from sliding onto the adjacent highway.The patient is conscious and complaining of neck pain.Which of the following should be included in your assessment?

A) If the patient has no numbness or tingling, ask him to stand and try to walk.
B) Apply painful stimuli to his extremities, starting distally and moving closer and closer to the body.
C) Ask the patient to cautiously touch his chin to his chest to check for range of motion.
D) Ask the patient to grasp and squeeze your hands.