// PARAMEDIC Question · Trauma
A patient with a stab wound to the chest has decreased breath sounds, JVD, and muffled heart sounds. The likely diagnosis is:
A. Tension pneumothorax
B. Cardiac tamponadeCorrect
C. Hemothorax
D. Flail chest
// Rationale
Beck's triad (muffled heart sounds, JVD, hypotension) suggests cardiac tamponade.