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You are caring for a 16-year-old male who has a deformed wrist after falling off his skateboard. Appropriate care for this patient includes all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  A) keeping the patient calm and comfortable.
  B) applying a splint, sling, and swathe.
  C) asking the patient to regularly move the injured wrist.
  D) obtaining a SAMPLE history and vital signs.

Question 2

When a person's diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles pull the ribs upward, which one of the following will occur?
 
  A) Oxygen will leave the body.
  B) Air will flow into the lungs.
  C) Pressure inside the chest will increase.
  D) Carbon dioxide will be exhaled.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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Reply #2 on: Jul 2, 2018
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