After an accident, a conscious person tells you that they do not feel their legs and are unable to move them. What serious injury must you suspect?

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If, after trauma, a person does not feel or is unable to move their limbs, a spinal cord injury must be suspected, although only a medical assessment can confirm it. Call 112, ask them not to move, do not move them unnecessarily and do not try to straighten or manipulate their neck. Do not check sensation with needles, pinches or other painful stimuli. If there is immediate danger or breathing is compromised, the actions needed to save life take priority; follow the instructions of 112.

After an accident, a conscious person tells you that they do not feel their legs and are unable to move them. What serious injury must you suspect?

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