When teaching a group of Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) about the mechanism of injury, which point should you stress?
A) The more significant the mechanism of injury, the greater the chance the patient has been injured
B) The mechanism of injury is no longer considered in the assessment because research has shown this information causes many patients to be over-treated
C) The mechanism of injury is the sole criterion on which an EMT decides whether immediate transport is required
D) The mechanism of injury can be used to dictate the order in which the primary assessment is conducted
A) The more significant the mechanism of injury, the greater the chance the patient has been injured
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