You have been dispatched to a local shopping mall where a 63-year-old female patient has slipped and fallen in a department store. Upon your arrival, you find her supine on the ground, conscious and oriented with stable vital signs, complaining of severe pain to the upper portion of her left leg and hip. Her left leg is slightly shortened and rotated outward. The bone most commonly fractured with
a "broken hip" is the:
A) tibia. B) fibula. C) femur. D) ilium.
C
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a. 0.01 mm/day b. 0.1 mm/day c. 1 mm/day d. 10 mm/day
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Why do children younger than 8 years old typically set fires?
a. curiosity b. need for attention c. identify the point of origin d. establish the facts
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