Basic Surgery MCQ 006

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An 18-year-old man shot once in the left chest has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm. Hg, a heart rate of 130 beats per minute, and distended neck veins. Immediate treatment might include:

A. Administration of one liter of Ringer's lactate solution.

B. Subxiphoid pericardiotomy.

C. Needle decompression of the left chest in the second intercostal space.

D. Emergency thoracotomy to cross-clamp the aorta.

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