Which chest injury describes multiple rib fractures that results in a section of chest wall that moves paradoxically with the rest of the rib cage during breathing? (As the person expands the chest, the wound moves internally. As the person s rib cage returns to the smaller volume, the wound moves outward.)
a. Sucking chest wound
b. Lung contusion
c. Hemothorax
d. Flail chest
d. Flail chest
Health Professions
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