EXERCISES, LESSON 4
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the exercise or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the
answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
A dislocation of the hip can include which of the following signs and symptoms?
a. Extreme pain.
b. Leg rotated either toward the midline of the body or rotated away from the
midline of the body.
c.
Swelling.
d. All of the above.
2.
When applying an improvised splint to a fractured femur, the longer splint goes on
the __________________ of the injured leg.
a. Inside.
b. Outside.
3.
When applying an improvised splint to the upper or lower leg, should you apply a
a. Yes.
b. No.
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