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A Vacuum Splint Has Just Been Applied to the Arm

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A vacuum splint has just been applied to the arm of a patient who fell backward from a chair while hanging drapes. Which one of the following statements or questions should the EMT make or ask next?


Definitions:

Boy Behaviors

Socially and culturally defined behaviors and activities typically associated with boys, often emphasizing traits like physical strength and assertiveness.

Schizophrenia

A chronic and severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.

Catatonic Stupor

A state of unresponsiveness to the environment in which a person remains motionless and silent for long periods, often associated with schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders.

Drapetomania

A discredited 19th-century hypothesis that purported to diagnose a mental illness causing enslaved Africans to flee captivity.

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