NREMT Paramedic

Category - Airway

When air enters the pleural space between the visceral and parietal pleura, what has occurred?
  1. Complex pneumothorax
  2. Simple closed pneumothorax
  3. Complex closed pneumothorax
  4. Simple open pneumothorax
Explanation
Answer: B - When air enters the pleural space between he visceral and parietal pleura a simple closed pneumothorax has occurred. This causes a loss of negative intra-pleural pressure causing the lung to partially collapse.
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