ICEMA: Trauma Triage Criteria Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: A patient shall be transported to the closest Trauma Center if
Answer:
any one (1) physiologic
criteria is present following a traumatic event
Q: 1. Physiologic Indicators
Answer:
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Adult and Peds: GCS less than or equal to 13
Q: Respiratory
Answer:
Adult and Peds: ~RR less than 10 or more than 29
~(RR less than 20 for infant less than 1 year old) or need for ventilatory support
, ICEMA: Trauma Triage Criteria Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Hypotension
Answer:
Adult: ~BP less than 90 mm Hg ~tachycardia
Pediatric: ~exhibits inadequate tissue perfusion
~abnormal vital signs (according to age)
Q: 2. Anatomic Indicators
Answer:
Penetrating injuries to head, neck, torso and extremities proximal
to the knee or elbow
Blunt chest trauma resulting in chest wall instability or deformity (e.g., flail chest or
ecchymosis)
Two (2) or more proximal long bone fractures (femur, humerus)
Crushed, degloved, mangled or pulseless extremity
Amputation proximal to the wrist or ankle
Pelvic fractures
Open or depressed skull fracture Paralysis
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: A patient shall be transported to the closest Trauma Center if
Answer:
any one (1) physiologic
criteria is present following a traumatic event
Q: 1. Physiologic Indicators
Answer:
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Adult and Peds: GCS less than or equal to 13
Q: Respiratory
Answer:
Adult and Peds: ~RR less than 10 or more than 29
~(RR less than 20 for infant less than 1 year old) or need for ventilatory support
, ICEMA: Trauma Triage Criteria Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Hypotension
Answer:
Adult: ~BP less than 90 mm Hg ~tachycardia
Pediatric: ~exhibits inadequate tissue perfusion
~abnormal vital signs (according to age)
Q: 2. Anatomic Indicators
Answer:
Penetrating injuries to head, neck, torso and extremities proximal
to the knee or elbow
Blunt chest trauma resulting in chest wall instability or deformity (e.g., flail chest or
ecchymosis)
Two (2) or more proximal long bone fractures (femur, humerus)
Crushed, degloved, mangled or pulseless extremity
Amputation proximal to the wrist or ankle
Pelvic fractures
Open or depressed skull fracture Paralysis