A 20-year-old waitress spilled hot coffee and burned her right forearm. When assessing the burn, you note a full-thickness burn surrounded by partial-thickness burns. She complains of pain in the surrounding partial-thickness burn, but not in the center where the full-thickness burn is located. As an EMT, you recognize that the patient does not localize pain to the center of the burn because of:
A) destruction of pain receptors in the epidermis.
B) injury to pain receptors in the subcutaneous layer.
C) damage to pain receptors located in the dermis.
D) destruction of the epidermal nerve endings.
C
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