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