You receive a request for an air medical transfer of a traum…
You receive a request for an air medical transfer of a trauma patient from a community hospital to a trauma center. The patient has sustained multiple rib fractures to their left chest, a simple pneumothorax, and a left femur fracture. During your assessment at the transferring facility, the patient presents as stable with no respiratory impairment and equal lung sounds. Shortly after reaching cruising altitude, the patient develops respiratory distress, decreased lung sounds on their left, and signs of shock. Which gas law is likely contributing to the patient’s declining condition?
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