// AEMT Question · Trauma

A patient with a long bone fracture has severe pain and weak pulse distal to the injury. This suggests:

A. Compartment syndromeCorrect
B. Neurogenic shock
C. Fat embolism
D. Simple fracture

// Rationale

Pain out of proportion, pallor, paresthesia, pulselessness, and paralysis suggest compartment syndrome.

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