A Patient Was an Unrestrained Driver in a Frontal-Impact Motor

question 19

Multiple Choice

A patient was an unrestrained driver in a frontal-impact motor vehicle collision. The nurse would expect which finding?

• A) Unstable pelvic structure, causing severe pain on palpation
• B) Neck muscle spasms caused by hyperextension of the neck
• C) Paradoxical movement of the chest caused by multiple rib fractures
• D) Unequal pulses in the lower extremities due to possible femur fracture