The ability of the body to dissipate heat will be influenced by

A pneumothorax is air in the chest cavity that prevents the lungs from expanding and may ____________________

A. displace the mediastinal structures B. collapse the contralateral lung

A 65-year-old patient has third-degree skin burns over 30% of his body and a smoke inhalation injury. How does the combination of skin burns and smoke inhalation affect his prognosis?

a. It quadruples the mortality rate. b. It more than triples the mortality rate. c. It almost doubles the mortality rate. d. There is no mortality change between having one or two concurrent problems.