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A 41 y.o. man complains of acute pain in the right side of the thorax and sudden increase of dyspnea following the lifting of heavy object. The patient's condition is serious: lips and mucous are cyanotic, breathing rate is 28 per min, pulse-122 bpm., AP- 80/40 mm Hg. There is tympanitis on percussion and weakened breathing on auscultaion on the right. S2 is accentuated over pulmonary artery. What is the urgent measure on the prehospital stage?

Answer options

  1. Oxygen inhalation
  2. Call for cardiologic team
  3. Air aspiration from the pleural cavity
  4. Epinephrine introduction
  5. Euphilline introduction
Correct answer

Air aspiration from the pleural cavity

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