The EMT is properly assessing for a spinal cord injury when she:
A) asks the patient if he has pain anywhere along his spinal column.
B) palpates the entire spinal column for tenderness.
C) asks the patient to spread his fingers apart on both hands.
D) checks for distal pulses in all four extremities.
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