A 49-year-old man has been stabbed in the lower right chest. After assessing him, you suspect that the knife punctured the lung and is causing internal bleeding. In this situation, the mechanism of injury would be:
a. a penetrating injury.
b. an assailant with a knife.
c. blunt trauma to the lungs.
d. internal hemorrhage.
Answer: a
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