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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.

Question 2

You and your partner are caring for a patient who tells you that she wears contact lenses. Your partner wants to remove the lenses. You remind him that the removal of contact lenses is indicated in all of the following situations except:
 
  a. significant altered level of responsiveness.
  b. any facial trauma.
  c. eye trauma.
  d. eye edema.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b


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