You and your team are treating an unresponsive trauma patient. Which of the following questions would be the MOST relevant to ask your team when evaluating for the presence of a tension pneumothorax?
A) What is the patient's systolic blood pressure?
B) Are the patient's heart tones becoming muffled?
C) Is the patient becoming difficult to ventilate?
D) Does the patient's pulse weaken during inhalation?
Ans: C) Is the patient becoming difficult to ventilate?
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