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NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Trauma

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Your patient’s leg has been trapped for four hours under a piece of building that collapsed during an earthquake. There is no evidence of bleeding. What disease is he most likely to suffer from?
  1. Pfeiffer Syndrome
  2. Hemochromatosis
  3. Rhabdomyolysis
  4. Alport Syndrome
Explanation
Answer - C - An individual with a crush injury in which the body parts are trapped for at least four hours will suffer rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is an acute disease that involves the destruction of skeletal muscle due to ischemia. By-products from the anaerobic metabolism and from muscle disintegration can reach the central circulation when the body part is freed.
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