When the chest impacts the steering wheel during a motor vehicle crash with rapid deceleration, the resulting injury that kills almost one third of patients, usually within seconds, is:
A. a hemothorax.
B. aortic shearing.
C. a pneumothorax.
D. a ruptured myocardium.
Answer: B. aortic shearing.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) less than 40. B) 40—100. C) 60—100. D) greater than 100.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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