Context: Rapid decompression can be much more dangerous than vacuum exposure itself. Even if the victim does not hold his or her breath, venting through the windpipe may be too slow to prevent the fatal rupture of the delicate alveoli of the lungs. Eardrums and sinuses may be ruptured by rapid decompression, soft tissues may bruise and seep blood, and the stress of shock will accelerate oxygen consumption leading to hypoxia. Injuries caused by rapid decompression are called barotrauma. A pressure drop of 13 kPa (100 Torr), which produces no symptoms if it is gradual, may be fatal if it occurs suddenly.

Question: What does Rapid decompression do to the lungs?
Answer: rupture of the delicate alveoli

Question: What causes barotrauma?
Answer: rapid decompression

Question: What amount of pressure drop can kill you if it occurs suddenly?
Answer: 13 kPa (100 Torr),

Question: What does acceleration of oxygen consumption do?
Answer: hypoxia

Question: rapid decompression is more dangerous than what?
Answer: vacuum exposure

Question: What can tissues seeping blood be more dangerous than?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does increasing oxygen consumption do to the lungs?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Venting through the windpipe may end up rupturing eardrums and what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What will seep out of the windpipe if you hold your breath?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is venting through the windpipe also called?
Answer: Unanswerable