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azncindy619

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A patient exhibits swelling and deformity to the wrist. Which of the following positions for the hand is most appropriate when splinting this injury?
 
  a. Fingers curled slightly down around a roller bandage
  b. Fingers extended and spread
  c. Hand in a fist with the thumb inside the fist
  d. Wrist flexed with fingers extended

Question 2

Displacement of the bones of a joint is known as:
 
  a. a dislocation.
  b. a fracture.
  c. circumduction.
  d. dorsiflexion.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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