Author Question: Trauma from a dive injury that results in tissue damage within any air-filled structure of the body ... (Read 26 times)

shofmannx20 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Trauma from a dive injury that results in tissue damage within any air-filled structure of the body is called:

a. internal dive trauma.
b. a decompression injury.
c. upper pressure trauma.
d. barotrauma.

Question 2

When arterial gas embolism (AGE) occurs, the gas within the lungs:

a. causes an open pneumothorax.
b. causes the trachea to close.
c. contracts, and the bronchioles start to spasm.
d. expands, rupturing alveoli.