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A 41 y.o. patient complains of acute pain in the right side of the thorax and sudden progress of dyspnea following the lifting of a heavy object. The patient's condition is grave: lips and mucous membranes are cyanotic, BR- 28/min, Ps-122 bpm., AP- 80/40 mm Hg. There is tympanitis on percussion and weakened breathing on auscultaion on the right. S2 sound is accentuated above pulmonary artery. What is the main urgent measure on the prehospital stage?

Answer options

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

Air aspiration from the pleural cavity

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