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MDC 4 NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| LATEST UPDATED
VERSION WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS -
ASSURED PASS
What does triaging do?
- ANSWER: *acts as gatekeeper*
helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level
According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - ANSWER: highest acuity
patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for triaging patients? - ANSWER: ABCs
Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - ANSWER: NO
Which triage situation uses tags? - ANSWER: mass casualties
what are the categories of triage? - ANSWER: - emergent
- urgent
- nonurgent
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- primary survey
what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - ANSWER: - life
threatening injuries
- needs immediate treatment
what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - ANSWER: -
respiratory distress
- chest pain with diaphoresis
- stroke
- active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage
- ANSWER: patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate
threat to life
what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage - ANSWER: - severe
abdominal pain
- renal colic
- displaced multiple fractures
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
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what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage
- ANSWER: patient can wait several hours without a risk to life
what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage - ANSWER: - skin
rash
- strains/sprains
- colds
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey that should be performed while triaging? - ANSWER:
ABCDE
what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients - ANSWER: A: Airway/cervical
spine
B: Breathing C:
Circulation D: Disability E: Exposure
what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE - ANSWER: airway, cervical spine
- patent airway
- immobilize spine
**do NOT move patient
MDC 4 NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| LATEST UPDATED
VERSION WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS -
ASSURED PASS
What does triaging do?
- ANSWER: *acts as gatekeeper*
helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level
According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - ANSWER: highest acuity
patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for triaging patients? - ANSWER: ABCs
Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - ANSWER: NO
Which triage situation uses tags? - ANSWER: mass casualties
what are the categories of triage? - ANSWER: - emergent
- urgent
- nonurgent
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- primary survey
what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - ANSWER: - life
threatening injuries
- needs immediate treatment
what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - ANSWER: -
respiratory distress
- chest pain with diaphoresis
- stroke
- active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage
- ANSWER: patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate
threat to life
what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage - ANSWER: - severe
abdominal pain
- renal colic
- displaced multiple fractures
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
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what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage
- ANSWER: patient can wait several hours without a risk to life
what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage - ANSWER: - skin
rash
- strains/sprains
- colds
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey that should be performed while triaging? - ANSWER:
ABCDE
what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients - ANSWER: A: Airway/cervical
spine
B: Breathing C:
Circulation D: Disability E: Exposure
what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE - ANSWER: airway, cervical spine
- patent airway
- immobilize spine
**do NOT move patient
