Airway Obstruction in Trauma Quiz

Penetrating chest trauma (correct)

Iatrogenic lung punctures

Blunt chest trauma without lung injury

Air leak through the chest wall

It completely collapses (correct)

It remains unaffected

It becomes hyperinflated

It gradually deflates

To reduce venous return

To address distended neck veins

To protect the airway from possible edema (correct)

To prevent tension pneumothorax

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