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The examination of the limbs in the secondary survey should include:

pulses; an absent pulse, particularly when associated with pallor, paraesthesia, pain and paralysis, is likely to indicate arterial obstruction in need of urgent intervention

moving all relevant joints to determine their range of movement

Suspicion of fracture or dislocation should initiate X-ray films of the affected bone in at least two perpendicular planes.

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