MDC4 Exam 3 (100% Correct Answers)

What does triaging do? correct answers *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst correct answers highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) What is a good model for triaging patients? correct answers ABCs Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? correct answers NO Which triage situation uses tags? correct answers mass casualties what are the categories of triage? correct answers - emergent - urgent - nonurgent - primary survey what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage correct answers - life threatening injuries - needs immediate treatment what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage correct answers - respiratory distress - chest pain with diaphoresis - stroke - active hemorrhage - unstable vitals what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage correct answers patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate threat to life what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage correct answers - severe abdominal pain - renal colic - displaced multiple fractures - new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia) what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage correct answers patient can wait several hours without a risk to life what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage correct answers - skin rash - strains/sprains - colds - simple fracture