All of the following are causes of a flail chest EXCEPT:
a. blast injury.
b. motor vehicle accident.
c. split sternum for open heart surgery.
d. fall from heights.
C
A flail chest can be caused by blunt injury, trauma incurred in an MVA, and falls from heights.
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