A 25-year-old is in a major road traffic collision. He is tachycardic, hypotensive, and has a deviated trachea. There is absent breath sound on the ri...

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A 25-year-old is in a major road traffic collision. He is tachycardic, hypotensive, and has a deviated trachea. There is absent breath sound on the right side. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Tension pneumothorax

Answer

Massive haemothorax

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Pneumonia

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Flail chest

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Open pneumothorax

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Emergency Medicine

A 25-year-old is in a major road traffic collision. He is tachycardic, hypotensive, and has a deviated trachea. There is absent breath sound on the right side. What is the most likely diagnosis?