Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 66%
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A nurse is the first on the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The victim has sucking sounds with respirations at a chest wound site and tracheal deviation toward the uninjured side. Until others arrive, the priority nursing action would be to
Correct answer
A
Rationale
implementation, in an open pneumothorax, air enters the pleural cavity through an open wound; placing a sterile dressing loosely over the wound allows air to escape but not reenter the pleural space