A client is diagnosed with a large pulmonary embolism. When explaining what has happened to cause respiratory distress to the client's family, which information will the nurse include?

Thick secretions in your small airways are blocking air from moving into the small air sacs in your lungs

Blood flow through some areas of your lungs is decreased even though you are taking adequate breaths

Large areas of your lungs are getting good blood flow but are not receiving enough air to fill the small air sacs

Oxygen transfer into the blood is slow because of thick membranes between the small air sacs and the lung circulation