A 20-year-old is involved in a high-speed MVC and arrives hemodynamically unstable with distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds, and hypotension. W...

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A 20-year-old is involved in a high-speed MVC and arrives hemodynamically unstable with distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds, and hypotension. Which diagnosis is most likely?

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Cardiac tamponade

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Massive haemothorax

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Tension pneumothorax

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Flail chest

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Aortic dissection

Emergency medicine & Acute presentations — MRCEM SBA MCQ

A 20-year-old is involved in a high-speed MVC and arrives hemodynamically unstable with distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds, and hypotension. Which diagnosis is most likely?