A 32-year-old female in a high-speed RTA arrives with hypotension, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds. Pulsus paradoxus is noted. Likely diagn...

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A 32-year-old female in a high-speed RTA arrives with hypotension, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds. Pulsus paradoxus is noted. Likely diagnosis?

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Cardiac tamponade

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Tension pneumothorax

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Massive haemothorax

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Flail chest

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Traumatic aortic disruption

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A 32-year-old female in a high-speed RTA arrives with hypotension, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds. Pulsus paradoxus is noted. Likely diagnosis?