HESI Case Study: Burns 2025/2026
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Meet the Client - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Smithville High School band is
enroute to a Friday night football game. As the bus attempts to pass an 18-
wheeler on a two lane highway, the bus loses traction and lands on its side,
sliding 500 feet before coming to a stop and then catching on fire.
Witnesses immediately dial 911 and Emergency Medical Services
personnel within 10 minutes of the first phone call. James Watt, a 14-year-
old student is trapped by debris and is unable to get out of the bus.
Which action is included when a Level I disaster is declared? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔All local hospitals prepare to receive casualties.
Which action should the nurse implement to help these family members
cope with this tragedy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Designate specific family areas
that are staffed with counselors.
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, EMS personnel triage clients, with multiple casualties noted. Which action
should the triage nurse implement first? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Place a disaster
tag securely on each victim.
Triage determines in what order a client is seen by a healthcare provider
(HCP). Which of the following clients would the nurse identify with a red
tag? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A client whose vital signs include respirations at 22
breaths/min , pulse at 120 beats/min, and blood pressure at 85/52 mmHg.
A client with a pulsating femur wound.
A client with full thickness burns over 50% of the body.
Which triage category should the nurse assign to James? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Priority 1, Color Red.
The client has many physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to implement upon admission? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establish and maintain an open airway.
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Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
Update | A+ Rated
Meet the Client - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Smithville High School band is
enroute to a Friday night football game. As the bus attempts to pass an 18-
wheeler on a two lane highway, the bus loses traction and lands on its side,
sliding 500 feet before coming to a stop and then catching on fire.
Witnesses immediately dial 911 and Emergency Medical Services
personnel within 10 minutes of the first phone call. James Watt, a 14-year-
old student is trapped by debris and is unable to get out of the bus.
Which action is included when a Level I disaster is declared? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔All local hospitals prepare to receive casualties.
Which action should the nurse implement to help these family members
cope with this tragedy? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Designate specific family areas
that are staffed with counselors.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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, EMS personnel triage clients, with multiple casualties noted. Which action
should the triage nurse implement first? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Place a disaster
tag securely on each victim.
Triage determines in what order a client is seen by a healthcare provider
(HCP). Which of the following clients would the nurse identify with a red
tag? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A client whose vital signs include respirations at 22
breaths/min , pulse at 120 beats/min, and blood pressure at 85/52 mmHg.
A client with a pulsating femur wound.
A client with full thickness burns over 50% of the body.
Which triage category should the nurse assign to James? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Priority 1, Color Red.
The client has many physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to implement upon admission? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establish and maintain an open airway.
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