Question 34 (part 2) · LEK · Limb injuries
The three specific symptoms of a bone fracture are:
- A. deformation of the limb outlines, pathological bone mobility, crackling and friction of bone fragments.
- B. pain, tenderness of the limb, oedema.
- C. reduced mobility, oedema, haematoma.
- D. muscle contracture, suffusion, oedema.
- E. pain, limb oedema, bruising.
Hint
Separate certain signs, which only a fracture produces, from probable signs shared with sprains and contusions.
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