EMT Block 1 / Triage Quiz Questions
and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the main goal of triage at a mass casualty incident?
A. Transport everyone at once
✔✔B. Prioritize care based on severity
C. Collect names of all bystanders
D. Move everyone to one location
During triage, which color tag is used for minor injuries?
A. Red
B. Black
✔✔C. Green
D. Yellow
What does a red tag indicate during START triage?
A. Minor injury
✔✔B. Immediate care needed
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,C. Non-survivable
D. Delayed care
In START triage, what is the first step in assessing a patient?
✔✔A. Ask them to walk
B. Check for bleeding
C. Take blood pressure
D. Measure temperature
What does the black tag mean in mass casualty triage?
A. Priority transport
B. Stable patient
✔✔C. Deceased or expectant
D. Walking wounded
What is the best way to identify patients who can walk on their own during triage?
A. Shout at them individually
✔✔B. Ask all patients who can walk to come to a specific area
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, C. Wait until all others are treated
D. Tag them as red immediately
What does the yellow tag mean in START triage?
✔✔A. Delayed treatment
B. Immediate danger
C. No injury
D. Cardiac arrest
Which of the following would be tagged green in triage?
✔✔A. A patient with a small cut on the hand
B. A patient with a head injury and vomiting
C. A patient with no pulse
D. A patient with low respiratory rate
What should you do if a patient is not breathing and remains apneic after you open their airway
during START triage?
✔✔A. Tag as black
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and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the main goal of triage at a mass casualty incident?
A. Transport everyone at once
✔✔B. Prioritize care based on severity
C. Collect names of all bystanders
D. Move everyone to one location
During triage, which color tag is used for minor injuries?
A. Red
B. Black
✔✔C. Green
D. Yellow
What does a red tag indicate during START triage?
A. Minor injury
✔✔B. Immediate care needed
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,C. Non-survivable
D. Delayed care
In START triage, what is the first step in assessing a patient?
✔✔A. Ask them to walk
B. Check for bleeding
C. Take blood pressure
D. Measure temperature
What does the black tag mean in mass casualty triage?
A. Priority transport
B. Stable patient
✔✔C. Deceased or expectant
D. Walking wounded
What is the best way to identify patients who can walk on their own during triage?
A. Shout at them individually
✔✔B. Ask all patients who can walk to come to a specific area
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, C. Wait until all others are treated
D. Tag them as red immediately
What does the yellow tag mean in START triage?
✔✔A. Delayed treatment
B. Immediate danger
C. No injury
D. Cardiac arrest
Which of the following would be tagged green in triage?
✔✔A. A patient with a small cut on the hand
B. A patient with a head injury and vomiting
C. A patient with no pulse
D. A patient with low respiratory rate
What should you do if a patient is not breathing and remains apneic after you open their airway
during START triage?
✔✔A. Tag as black
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