A Flail Chest Is Defined As

question 7

Multiple Choice

A flail chest is defined as:
1) one fractured rib or two adjacent fractured ribs.
2) three or more adjacent fractured ribs.
3) single rib fractures.
4) double rib fractures.

• A)2
• B)2, 3
• C)1, 3
• D)2, 4

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much each member differs from the population mean.

Confidence Level

The probability or percentage that specifies how confident one is in a statistical estimate or interval to contain the true parameter of the population.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter at a specified confidence level.

Population Mean

The mean value of all the elements within a population.