Multiple Choice
Your patient has circumferential full thickness burns of the thorax. He is intubated, and you have noticed an increase in resistance as you bag him. His skin is very tight and inflexible as you try to ventilate. Which of the following is required to improve this patient's ventilatory status?
A) IV sedation
B) Needle thoracostomy
C) Escharotomy
D) Fasciotomy
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