Your trauma patient has no auscultated breath sounds in the right lung field. You can hear adequate sounds on the left side. A likely cause of this abnormality could be that the patient:
A) has a closed head injury.
B) has fluid in the pleural space.
C) is moaning and in severe pain.
D) is receiving high-flow oxygen.

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Trauma to the chest can cause an exudative pleural effusion or pneumothorax. In the affected areas, the breath sounds are diminished to absent.

Your Trauma Patient Has No Auscultated Breath Sounds in the Right