Question

Handling Common Emergencies Quiz
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Question
A joint that is twisted or overstressed and, one or more of the bones that normally meet at that joint are displaced should be treated as a
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Responses

sprain.
sprain.

strain.
strain.

dislocation.
dislocation.

laceration.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

**dislocation.**

A dislocation occurs when one or more bones that normally meet at a joint are displaced due to twisting or overstressing the joint.