You are caring for a bicyclist who crashed in front of your building, and she has an angulated fracture to her left forearm. She tells you that she does not feel pain in her injured arm at all. How should you care for her?
a. Gently move her forearm back to its original position.
b. Utilize a sling and swathe to immobilize the injury.
c. Splint her forearm in the angulated position in which you found it.
d. Apply gentle traction to her injured arm and secured it with a splint.
c
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