MDC4 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

What does triaging do? Correct Answer *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst Correct Answer highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) What is a good model for triaging patients? Correct Answer ABCs Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? Correct Answer NO Which triage situation uses tags? Correct Answer mass casualties what are the categories of triage? Correct Answer - emergent - urgent - nonurgent - primary survey what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage Correct Answer - life threatening injuries - needs immediate treatment what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage Correct Answer - respiratory distress - chest pain with diaphoresis - stroke - active hemorrhage - unstable vitals what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage Correct Answer patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate threat to life what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage Correct Answer - severe abdominal pain - renal colic - displaced multiple fractures - new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia) what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage Correct Answer patient can wait several hours without a risk to life