QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
{VERIFIED} ANSWERS NEWEST
UPDATE
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) - ANSWER -a method of classifying patients into
five categories based on the severity of their conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 - ANSWER -Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 - ANSWER -Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 - ANSWER -urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
, Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 - ANSWER -non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 - ANSWER -minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Initial management - ANSWER -Airway
Ventilation
Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) - ANSWER -stabilization and evaluation/ airway
management, breathing, and circulation
Triage: Next - ANSWER -history of drug or toxins, time and duration of exposure,
first aid treatment received prior to hospitalization
Triage - ANSWER -the medical screening of patients to determine their relative
priority of need and the proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries