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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Trauma

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All of the following are possible complications caused by moving a patient without splinting to immobilize an injury except one. Which of the following is not a possible complication of moving a patient without immobilizing an injury using a splint?
  1. Internal bleeding
  2. Pain
  3. Restricted blood flow
  4. Open injury becoming a close injury
  5. Increased bleeding
Explanation
Answer: D - All of the choices above are possible complications of moving a patient with injuries that have not be immobilized by a splint except an open wound becoming a closed wound. This implies that a wound in which the skin has been broken would become an injury in which the skin has not been broken. This statement is the opposite of what might happen if a patient is moved prior to immobilizing an injury with a splint.
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