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MDC4 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED 2026
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?
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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
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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)
MDC4 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED 2026
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?
, lOMoARcPSD| 69811638
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
, lOMoARcPSD| 69811638
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)