A ballerina bent her leg at an awkward angle and her tibia and fibula are obviously fractured. You palpate her posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses on her non-injured limb and they are 2/4. However, on her injured limb they are 0/4.  Noticed her injury limb is becoming pale and cold to the touch distal to the touch distal to the injury. What has likely happened?

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A ballerina bent her leg at an awkward angle and her tibia and fibula are obviously fractured. You palpate her posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses on her non-injured limb and they are 2/4. However, on her injured limb they are 0/4.  Noticed her injury limb is becoming pale and cold to the touch distal to the touch distal to the injury. What has likely happened? 

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