A 19-year-old in a high-speed RTA complains of severe chest pain. He has tracheal deviation to the left, hypotension, and distended neck veins. Which ...

Question

A 19-year-old in a high-speed RTA complains of severe chest pain. He has tracheal deviation to the left, hypotension, and distended neck veins. Which injury is most likely?

Accepted Answer

Tension pneumothorax

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Open pneumothorax

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Simple pneumothorax

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Flail chest

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Massive haemothorax

Emergency Medicine — UKMLA MCQ

A 19-year-old in a high-speed RTA complains of severe chest pain. He has tracheal deviation to the left, hypotension, and distended neck veins. Which injury is most likely?