As you are treating a patient with blunt trauma to the chest, oxygen saturation begins falling and the patient experiences hemoptysis. Lung sounds are clear and equal bilaterally, but diminished due to painful breathing. You suspect:
A) simple pneumothorax.
B) cardiac tamponade.
C) tension pneumothorax.
D) pulmonary contusion.
Answer: D
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