NUR 213- Exam 5- Emergency care, PTSD, Trauma, Professional Behavior Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

What is the first question we ask in a START triage patient? Correct Answer Can you walk? If a patient can't walk but all other checks are good what color will they be? Correct Answer Yellow If a START triage patient can't walk what do we check next? Correct Answer Respirations. What color would a START triage patient be is they had no respirations and you reposition the airway and still no respirations? Correct Answer Blue / Black Trauma- Dead What color would a START triage patient be is they had no respirations and you reposition the airway and they begin to have respirations? Correct Answer RED Trauma What would cause a START patient with respirations to become a Red Trauma? Correct Answer Respirations greater than 30 per minute If a START trauma patient has respirations of less than 30 what do you check next? Correct Answer Cap refill. greater than or less than 2 seconds If a START trauma has a cap refill of greater than 2 seconds OR no radial pulse what color are they? Correct Answer RED Trauma If a START trauma patient has a cap refill of less than 2 seconds what do we check next? Correct Answer Mental status- Can they follow simple commands If they can't follow simple commands what color are they? Correct Answer RED Trauma What color is given to a START patient who can follow simple commands? Correct Answer Yellow trauma What is a disaster? Correct Answer a public emergency necessitating assistance from outside the affected community What are the three things all disasters have in common? Correct Answer - Little to no warning before the event - Available personnel and emergency services that are overwhelmed initially