The secondary assessment of a patient complaining of right leg pain after falling down several stairs reveals a real in the skin where a fractured tibia bone broke through and then retreated back into the leg. The EMT should recognize this as what type of injury?

A. Laceration.
B. Partial fracture.
C. Open fracture.
D. Closed fracture.

Answer: C. Open fracture.

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A) A shotgun may either fire one slug or use ammunition with multiple pellets. B) The shot is dispersed from the cartridge with high velocity. C) The closer the shooter is to the victim, the larger the area of visible damage. D) "Double ought" or #00 shot contains a large number of relatively small pellets.

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Which of the following benign conditions exhibits a clinical mucosal pattern that seems to change or migrate over time?

a. Leukoedema b. Median rhomboid glossitis c. Fordyce's granules d. Geographic tongue e. None of the above

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