Module 14b Flashcards
Skeletal muscle is attached to the bone by tough, ropelike fibrous structures called…
Tendons
A fracture is most accurately defined as a…
Break in the continuity of a bone
A hip fracture is actually a fracture of the…
Proximal femur
Which of the following musculoskeletal injuries would pose the greatest threat to a patient’s life?
Pelvic fracture with hypotension
Which of the following musculoskeletal injuries would most likely result in deformity?
A displaced fracture
A… Is a musculoskeletal injury in which there is a partial or temporary separation of the bone ends as well as a partial stretching or tearing of the supporting ligaments.
Sprain
Applying ice to and elevating an injured extremity are performed in order to…
Reduce pain and swelling
Assessing a persons neurovascular status following a musculoskeletal injury include all the following except…
Evaluating proximal pulses
During your rapid trauma assessment of a 19-year-old female with multiple trauma, you note bilateral humeral deformities and a deformity to the left midshaft femur. Her skin is diaphoretic and her pulse is rapid in a week. Your partner has appropriately manage the patients airway and is maintaining manual stabilization of her head. The most appropriate treatment for this patient includes…
Immobilization to a backboard and rapid transport
Deformity caused by a fracture would most likely be masked by…
Swelling
Crepitus and false motion are…
Positive indicators of a fracture
Which of the following statements regarding shoulder dislocations is most correct?
Most shoulder dislocations occur anteriorly
Which of the following types of muscle is under voluntary control of the brain?
Skeletal
Traction splints are used primarily to immobilize and secure fractures of the…
Femur
The disruption of a joint in which the bone ends are no longer in contact is called a…
Dislocation
