While playing in an intramural football game, joe is tackled so hard that he breaks a rib. he can actually feel a piece of the rib sticking through the skin and he is having a difficult time breathing. joe is probably suffering from?

Joe is probably suffering from pneumothorax. Pneumothorax ("lung breakdown") is lung disease, which occurs due to the accumulation of air in pleural cavity as a result of break in continuity of the lung tissue leaves. There are tree types of pneumothorax: open, closed and tensions (valves).