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Title: Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm after
Post by: lovesong on Nov 4, 2015
Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm after falling from his bicycle onto his hands. Which of the following should be considered in the immobilization of his injured extremity?
A) Use an upper extremity traction splint.
B) Immobilize from the shoulder to the wrist.
C) Do not attempt to realign the extremity before splinting.
D) Check pulse, movement, and sensation distal to the injury before and after splinting.


Title: Re: Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm af
Post by: butterfly127 on Nov 21, 2015
D


Title: Re: Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm after
Post by: lovesong on Nov 26, 2015
Yay! Makes total sense now, thank you.