NUR 254 Triage/Disaster Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

The nurse has arrived to the site of a bombing and needs to assign triage color codes to victims. Which of the following would be green tagged? SATA 1. 23 year old who has a penetrating injury to the abdomen 2. 43 year old with cuts and bruises on both arms 3. 21 year old with a sprained ankle and bruising on the thighs 4. 32 year old who is unresponsive 5. 54 year old who is pinned under a large chunk of cement Correct Answer 2, 3 The nurse is triaging at a field hospital set up following an earthquake in a large city. Which patients will be black-tagged? SATA 1. 33 year old who was found unresponsive under a vehicle and needs CPR 2. 45 year old with a broken arm and a head wound, A&Ox4 3. 23 year old with 3rd degree burns to both legs 4. 67 year old who was brought in with no pulse and extreme blood loss 5. 19 year old with a severed femoral artery and BP of 70/60 Correct Answer 1, 4, 5 Which triaged patients can wait to be seen for a few hours? 1. black tagged 2. red tagged 3. yellow tagged 4. green tagged Correct Answer 3 The nurse is triaging patients following a building collapse. One patient needs CPR, one patient has a pneumothorax, another patient has a compound leg fracture, and another patient is putting pressure on a bleeding wound on their arm. Which patient would be considered a red tag? 1. CPR 2. pneumothorax 3. leg fracture 4. arm wound Correct Answer 2 The nurse has just arrived to the field hospital after a Cat 5 hurricane has passed through. She takes over a tent and reviews the patients inside. There is one black tag with a thready pulse and massive internal bleeding, a red tag who needs five units of blood and the wound has been sutured closed, a yellow tag who needs their arm to be splinted, and a green tag who has duct-taped a popsicle stick to his broken finger and is helping with the recovery efforts. Who would be seen first? 1. black tag 2. red tag 3. yellow tag 4. green tag Correct Answer 2