// PARAMEDIC Question · Trauma
A patient with a penetrating chest wound to the right side has absent breath sounds on the right and tracheal deviation to the left. This indicates:
A. Right tension pneumothoraxCorrect
B. Left tension pneumothorax
C. Right hemothorax
D. Cardiac tamponade
// Rationale
Absent breath sounds and tracheal deviation away from the affected side indicate tension pneumothorax on the right.