Multiple Choice
Upon palpating the chest wall of a trauma patient, you feel subcutaneous crepitus (emphysema) , which is a sign that
A) there is a flail chest.
B) a fracture underlies the injury.
C) a foreign body is present.
D) there is vascular obstruction.
E) air has leaked into soft tissue.
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