Your Patient Was Struck in the Chest with a Baseball

question 18

Multiple Choice

Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight.A crackling or crunching sensation that is felt when air escapes from its normal passageways and is trapped under the skin is called:

• A) friction rub.
• B) crepitus.
• C) infiltration.
• D) subcutaneous emphysema.

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Definitions:

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