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A 22-year-old female fell on her knee and is in severe pain. Her knee is flexed and severely deformed. Her leg is cold to the touch and you are unable to palpate a distal pulse. You should:

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Manually stabilize the female's injury and also contact medical control for the further instructions as soon as possible.

Step-by-step explanation:

The female's knee is flexed and also severely deformed which means that the injury is serious. As the distal pulse is unable to palpate which may be because the potential artery got compressed resulting in the compromised distal blood flow.

In this situation, the injury must be manually stabilized and immediately medical doctors should be contacted for further treatment.

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