An OEC candidate asks you to explain a pneumothorax. Your response should be that it occurs when:
a. the lung becomes overinflated with air and then collapses.
b. air accumulates between the inner chest wall and the outside of the lung, causing the lung to collapse.
c. the trachea becomes obstructed, causing the lungs to collapse.
d. air enters the lung alveoli through a traumatic opening in the chest wall.
Answer: b
You might also like to view...
While performing the primary assessment on a patient with an isolated spinal cord injury, you note that he is in severe respiratory distress and struggling to breathe. Where should you suspect the spinal cord injury has occurred?
A) Diaphragm B) Cervical spine C) Thoracic spine D) Lumbar spine
Many areas of the country have industrial mutual aid groups that are designed to assist each other and the community in the event of a chemical release. In ____ this group is called the SBIMAP.
A. Brooklyn B. Bakersfield C. Baltimore D. Baton Rouge
Radiation exposure is a major concern for radiographers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Once air enters the lungs, oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged across the respiratory membrane composed of the alveolar and pulmonary capillary walls in a process called:
A) internal respiration. B) external ventilation. C) external respiration. D) internal ventilation.