Question 119 · LDEK · Breathing disorders and airway management
Select the false statement regarding a 70-year-old man with hemodynamic instability and tension pneumothorax:
- A. diagnosis must be based on clinical examination and ultrasonography or point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS).
- B. pneumothorax that was initially decompressed with a needle during CRP should be later drained.
- C. chest decompression should be performed first, before all the other procedures.
- D. pneumothorax should be decompressed using open thoracostomy.
- E. it is always necessary to also drain the contralateral chest side.
Hint
Look for the statement that turns something done only in specific circumstances into an absolute rule.
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