A 7-year-old boy in a karate tournament takes a direct kick to the chest. His parents call for EMS due to his presentation of bulging eyes, swollen neck, a cherry-red face, and a strangled cough. When you arrive on the scene, the symptoms have resolved, the patient is breathing fine, and his color is normal. What is the most likely explanation for what happened? Rapid pericardial decompression Traumatic asphyxia Foreign body airway obstruction Cardiac tamponade
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