RNSG 2539 EXAM 2 with correct
answers 2025/2026
Pneumothorax - correct answerscaused by air entering the pleural cavity
should be suspected with any chest wall trauma
*TYPES*
Spontaneous
Iatrogenic
Tension
Hemothorax
Chylothorax
General manifestations of a pneumothorax - correct answers*if small* tachycardia and dyspnea
may be only presentations
*if large* respiratory distress, rapid/shallow resps, dyspnea, air hunger and decreased O2 sat
Sponteneous Pneumothorax - correct answersRupture of small blebs (air filled sacs)
can occur in healthy adults
answers 2025/2026
Pneumothorax - correct answerscaused by air entering the pleural cavity
should be suspected with any chest wall trauma
*TYPES*
Spontaneous
Iatrogenic
Tension
Hemothorax
Chylothorax
General manifestations of a pneumothorax - correct answers*if small* tachycardia and dyspnea
may be only presentations
*if large* respiratory distress, rapid/shallow resps, dyspnea, air hunger and decreased O2 sat
Sponteneous Pneumothorax - correct answersRupture of small blebs (air filled sacs)
can occur in healthy adults