Assessment of a 67-year-old male patient reveals absent lung sounds to the right lung, accompanied by sharp chest pain to the same side. When obtaining a history, which of these statements made by the patient's wife would the EMT recognize as most important?
A) "He did not take his medications today."
B) "He had a fever last night."
C) "He has emphysema."
D) "He has been in bed for 12 hours."
C) "He has emphysema."
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