Free BCEN Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) Practice Question

A 45-year-old male patient involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision is intubated and experiencing severe respiratory distress. During your assessment, you note bowel sounds in the chest and an elevated hemidiaphragm on the left side on the chest X-ray. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • Abdominal compartment syndrome

  • Diaphragmatic rupture

  • Hemothorax

  • Pneumothorax

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BCEN Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) / 
Trauma
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