While assessing a patient who was involved in a serious car crash and hit his steering wheel, you notice that his left anterior chest wall caves in during inspiration. What could cause this?
A) Singultus
B) Flail chest segment
C) Pneumothorax
D) Cardiac tamponade
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Q1: A flail chest is defined as:
1) one
Q4: Major pathologic and structural changes associated with
Q5: When a patient has a flail chest,
Q5: The major anatomic alterations of the lungs
Q6: Causes of a flail chest include all
Q7: What is a possible lung finding under
Q8: Your patient with a flail chest is
Q9: If mechanical ventilation is required, how long
Q10: Your flail chest patient requires supplemental oxygen.
Q11: In severe cases of flail chest, all
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