When Assessing a Patient Who Has Just Arrived After an Automobile

question 3

Multiple Choice

When assessing a patient who has just arrived after an automobile accident,the emergency department nurse notes tachycardia and absent breath sounds over the right lung.For which intervention will the nurse prepare the patient?

• A) Emergency pericardiocentesis
• B) Stabilization of the chest wall with tape
• C) Administration of an inhaled bronchodilator
• D) Insertion of a chest tube with a chest drainage system

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