Your secondary assessment of a patient who is complaining of pain in his right leg reveals an opening in the skin where the fractured tibia broke through the skin and retreated back into the leg. You would recognize this injury as a(n):
a. open fracture.
b. closed fracture.
c. laceration.
d. partial fracture.
Question 2
Which of the following signs has the potential for the most immediate life-threatening consequences?
a. Deformity of the femur
b. An open fracture of the forearm
c. Dislocation of two fingers
d. Crepitus in the mid-humerus
Schematic of an automated external defibrillator (AED) attached to a patient.
A computerized patient registration form used by offices with electronic health records.
Patient with DiGeorge syndrome. Note low set ears and wide set downward slanting eyes; often these ...
Patient Physical Status Classification
The Wong-Baker “Faces” pain rating scale
Secondary growth