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