MDC4 Final EXAM 2025 COMPLETE EXAM
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acts as gatekeeper
What does triaging do? helps prioritize patient care based on illness and
severity level
highest acuity patients will receive quickest
According to triage, what
intervention
patients would be seen
firtst
(Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for ABCs
triaging patients?
Is hospital triaging the NO
same as mass casualty
triaging?
Which triage situation uses mass casualties
tags?
- emergent
what are the categories of - urgent
triage? - nonurgent
- primary survey
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what classifies a patient as - life threatening injuries
emergent according to - needs immediate treatment
triage
- respiratory distress
what patient conditions - chest pain with diaphoresis
warrant an emergent - stroke
status of triage - active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as patient should be treated quickly but there is not and
urgent according to triage immediate threat to life
- severe abdominal pain
what patient conditions
- renal colic
warrant an urgent status
- displaced multiple fractures
for triage
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
what classifies a patient as patient can wait several hours without a risk to life
nonurgent according to
triage
- skin rash
what patient conditions
- strains/sprains
warrant a nonurgent status
- colds
for triage
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey ABCDE
that should be performed
while triaging?
A: Airway/cervical spine
B: Breathing
what does ABCDE stand
C: Circulation
for in triaging patients
D: Disability
E: Exposure
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airway, cervical spine
what does the "A" refer to - patent airway
in ABCDE - immobilize spine
**do NOT move patient
breathing
what does the "B" refer to
in ABCDE - assess sounds
- assess chest wall movement
circulation
what does the "C" refer to
- vitals (BP and pulse)
in ABCDE
- maintain vascular access
- stop any bleeding
what does the "D" refer to disability
in ABCDE *LOC
exposure
what does the "E" refer to
in ABCDE - get clothes off
- use blankets to prevent hypothermia
what is the one exception in excessive bleeding, you would prioritize "C" before
to ABCDE? "AB"
what is a secondary comprehensive head to toe assessment
survey?
if warranted during the - insert NG tube
secondary survey, what - insert catheter
would a nurse likely do? - prep for diagnostics
what does drowning lead leads to loss of surfactant in lungs which causes
to? alveolar collapse and pulmonary edema
is dehydration common in YES
heat exhaustion?
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what can major severe dehydration and hyponatremia
diaphoresis cause?
if heat exhaustion goes heat stroke
untreated, what can it
cause?
-dehydration
what are the s/s of heat -decrease in blood volume
exhaustion -decrease in BP
-tachycardia
what is the first stop their physical activity and transfer to a cool place
intervention for a person
expected to have heat
exhaustion?
what is the quickest way to - remove clothing
reduce someone's - remove bed linen
temperature?
what interventions are - cold pack on the neck, chest, abdomen, and groin
there for cooling patients - soak in cool water
down?
when rehydrating Sports drink/oral hydration solution
someone with heat
exhaustion, should you
use water or a sports
drink/oral reydration
solution?
why is a sports drink plain water can worsen sodium deficits
better at rehydrating
patients with heat
exhaustion?
nursing care for patients - monitor vitals
hospitalized with heat - administer .9% NS in N/V is present
exhaustion - draw labs to check electrolytes
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