You are performing a secondary assessment and are assessing the patient's chest. Which of these findings would you associate most with fracture of the ribs?
A) Ecchymosis to the chest wall
B) Decreased breath sounds
C) Paradoxical chest wall motion
D) Jugular venous distention
C) Paradoxical chest wall motion
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