A client arrives at the emergency department after blunt chest trauma with severe shortness of breath, distended neck veins, hypotension, and deviation of the trachea to the left. Which statement should the nurse provide about this condition?

"The trachea shifts toward the injured side because the lung overexpands and pushes air outward."

"Air in the pleural space increases intrathoracic pressure, collapsing the lung and reducing cardiac output."

"Blood in the pleural space compresses the unaffected lung, increasing oxygen diffusion."

"Loss of negative pleural pressure decreases lung expansion, limiting oxygen delivery to tissues."