The AEMT should be MOST suspicious of a Le Fort fracture if a patient who experienced massive blunt force trauma to the face presents with:
A. misalignment of the teeth.
B. mobility of the facial bones.
C. numbness of the chin.
D. flattening of the cheekbones.
Answer: B. mobility of the facial bones.
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