A client presents to the emergency department following an accident where he fell off a chair. He reports hip numbness, increasing pain, and muscle cramping. The triage nurse suspects:
A) Dislocated joint
B) Osteosarcoma
C) Osteomyelitis
D) Closed hip fracture
Ans: D
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Shortly after a fracture has occurred, nerve function at the fracture site may be temporarily lost. The area may become numb, and the surrounding muscles may become flaccid. After this brief period, the pain sensation returns and with it muscle spasms and contractions of the surrounding muscles. There are pain, tenderness at the site of bone disruption, swelling, loss of function, deformity of the affected part, and abnormal mobility.
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