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The Secondary Assessment of a Patient Complaining of Right Leg

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The secondary assessment of a patient complaining of right leg pain after falling down several stairs reveals a break in the skin where a fractured tibia bone broke through and then retreated back into the leg. The EMT should recognize this as what type of injury?


Definitions:

Plethysmogram

A graph or recording that measures changes in volume within an organ or whole body (often the blood volume changes in the limbs).

Pressure Wave

A type of wave mechanism that occurs when a fluid or gas changes velocity, often seen in the circulatory system as a pulse.

Blood Volume

The total amount of blood circulating within an individual's vascular system.

Ventricular Systole

The phase of the heartbeat when the ventricles contract, pumping blood out of the heart and into the arteries.

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