INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that best answers the exercise or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.

After you have completed all the exercises, turn to “Solutions to Exercises” at the end of the page and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.

1. A dislocation of the hip can include which of the following signs and symptoms?

a. Extreme pain.

b. Leg rotated either toward the midline of the body or rotated away from the midline of the body.

c. Swelling.

d. All of the above.

2. When applying an improvised splint to a fractured femur, the longer splint goes on the __________________ of the injured leg.

a. Inside.

b. Outside.

3. When applying an improvised splint to the upper or lower leg, should you apply a securing cravat on the fracture site?

a. Yes.

b. No.

4. When applying an improvised splint to a fractured lower limb, the joint _________________ should be immobilized.

a. Above the fracture site.

b. Below the fracture site.

c. Above the fracture site and the joint below the fracture site.

5. When bending the prongs (sharp ends) of the wire ladder splint, the prongs should be bent _____________ the flat side of the wire ladder splint.

a. Away from.

b. Toward.

6. A(n) ____________________ or _______________________ splint is made of a flat piece of aluminum about three feet long and about 4.5 inches wide covered by foam.

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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 4

1. d (paras 4-1a, b, e)

2. b (paras 4-3a(1), c)

3. b (paras 4-3b(3), 4-4b)

4. c (paras 4-3b(2), 4-4c)

5. a (paras 4-6d(1), 4-7b(1))

6. SAM, universal (either order) (para 4-8)