While on a school skiing trip in Colorado, Heidi falls and breaks her tibia and fibula in a Pott's fracture. What would you expect as a prominent part of her clinical assessment several hours after the fall?

A) hypertension
B) tachycardia
C) erythema
D) hematoma
E) cyanosis


D

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