Emergency Triage Practice Questions And
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A hospital responds to a local mass casualty event. Which action
should the nurse supervisor take to prevent staff post-traumatic
stress disorder during a mass casualty event?
a. Provide water and healthy snacks for energy throughout the
event.
b. Schedule 16-hour shifts to allow for greater rest between shifts.
c. Encourage counseling upon deactivation of the emergency
response plan.
d. Assign staff to different roles and units within the medical facility.
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correct answer ✅A
To prevent staff post-traumatic stress disorder during a mass
casualty event, the nurses should use available counseling,
encourage and support co-workers, monitor each others stress
level and performance, take breaks when needed, talk about
feelings with staff and managers, and drink plenty of water and eat
healthy snacks for energy. Nurses should also keep in touch with
family, friends, and significant others, and not work for more than
12 hours per day. Encouraging counseling upon deactivation of the
plan, or after the emergency response is over, does not prevent
stress during the casualty event. Assigning staff to unfamiliar roles
,Emergency Triage Practice Questions And
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or units may increase situational stress and is not an approach to
prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.
A client who is hospitalized with burns after losing the family home
in a fire becomes angry and screams at a nurse when dinner is
served late. How should the nurse respond?
a. Do you need something for pain right now?
b. Please stop yelling. I brought dinner as soon as I could.
c. I suggest that you get control of yourself.
d. You seem upset. I have time to talk if you'd like. - - -
correct answer ✅D
Clients should be allowed to ventilate their feelings of anger and
despair after a catastrophic event. The nurse establishes rapport
through active listening and honest communication and by
recognizing cues that the client wishes to talk. Asking whether the
client is in pain as the first response closes the door to open
communication and limits the clients options. Simply telling the
client to stop yelling and to gain control does nothing to promote
therapeutic communication.
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A nurse is field-triaging clients after an industrial accident. Which
client condition should the nurse triage with a red tag?
a. Dislocated right hip and an open fracture of the right lower leg
b. Large contusion to the forehead and a bloody nose
c. Closed fracture of the right clavicle and arm numbness
d. Multiple fractured ribs and shortness of breath - - -
correct answer ✅D
Clients who have an immediate threat to life are given the highest
priority, are placed in the emergent or class I category, and are
given a red triage tag. The client with multiple rib fractures and
shortness of breath most likely has developed a pneumothorax,
which may be fatal if not treated immediately. The client with the
hip and leg problem and the client with the clavicle fracture would
be classified as class II; these major but stable injuries can wait 30
minutes to 2 hours for definitive care. The client with facial wounds
would be considered the walking wounded and classified as
nonurgent.
An emergency department (ED) charge nurse prepares to receive
clients from a mass casualty within the community. What is the role
of this nurse during the event?
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a. Ask ED staff to discharge clients from the medical-surgical units in
order to make room for critically injured victims.
b. Call additional medical-surgical and critical care nursing staff to
come to the hospital to assist when victims are brought in.
c. Inform the incident commander at the mass casualty scene about
how many victims may be handled by the ED.
d. Direct medical-surgical and critical care nurses to assist with
clients currently in the ED while emergency staff prepare to receive
the mass casualty victims. - - -
correct answer ✅D
The ED charge nurse should direct additional nursing staff to help
care for current ED clients while the ED staff prepares to receive
mass casualty victims; however, they should not be assigned to the
most critically ill or injured clients. The house supervisor and unit
directors would collaborate to discharge stable clients. The hospital
incident commander is responsible for mobilizing resources and
would have the responsibility for calling in staff. The medical
command physician would be the person best able to communicate
with on-scene personnel regarding the ability to take more clients.
The hospital administration arranges for critical incident stress
debriefing for the staff after a mass casualty incident. Which
Answers
A hospital responds to a local mass casualty event. Which action
should the nurse supervisor take to prevent staff post-traumatic
stress disorder during a mass casualty event?
a. Provide water and healthy snacks for energy throughout the
event.
b. Schedule 16-hour shifts to allow for greater rest between shifts.
c. Encourage counseling upon deactivation of the emergency
response plan.
d. Assign staff to different roles and units within the medical facility.
---
correct answer ✅A
To prevent staff post-traumatic stress disorder during a mass
casualty event, the nurses should use available counseling,
encourage and support co-workers, monitor each others stress
level and performance, take breaks when needed, talk about
feelings with staff and managers, and drink plenty of water and eat
healthy snacks for energy. Nurses should also keep in touch with
family, friends, and significant others, and not work for more than
12 hours per day. Encouraging counseling upon deactivation of the
plan, or after the emergency response is over, does not prevent
stress during the casualty event. Assigning staff to unfamiliar roles
,Emergency Triage Practice Questions And
Answers
or units may increase situational stress and is not an approach to
prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.
A client who is hospitalized with burns after losing the family home
in a fire becomes angry and screams at a nurse when dinner is
served late. How should the nurse respond?
a. Do you need something for pain right now?
b. Please stop yelling. I brought dinner as soon as I could.
c. I suggest that you get control of yourself.
d. You seem upset. I have time to talk if you'd like. - - -
correct answer ✅D
Clients should be allowed to ventilate their feelings of anger and
despair after a catastrophic event. The nurse establishes rapport
through active listening and honest communication and by
recognizing cues that the client wishes to talk. Asking whether the
client is in pain as the first response closes the door to open
communication and limits the clients options. Simply telling the
client to stop yelling and to gain control does nothing to promote
therapeutic communication.
,Emergency Triage Practice Questions And
Answers
A nurse is field-triaging clients after an industrial accident. Which
client condition should the nurse triage with a red tag?
a. Dislocated right hip and an open fracture of the right lower leg
b. Large contusion to the forehead and a bloody nose
c. Closed fracture of the right clavicle and arm numbness
d. Multiple fractured ribs and shortness of breath - - -
correct answer ✅D
Clients who have an immediate threat to life are given the highest
priority, are placed in the emergent or class I category, and are
given a red triage tag. The client with multiple rib fractures and
shortness of breath most likely has developed a pneumothorax,
which may be fatal if not treated immediately. The client with the
hip and leg problem and the client with the clavicle fracture would
be classified as class II; these major but stable injuries can wait 30
minutes to 2 hours for definitive care. The client with facial wounds
would be considered the walking wounded and classified as
nonurgent.
An emergency department (ED) charge nurse prepares to receive
clients from a mass casualty within the community. What is the role
of this nurse during the event?
, Emergency Triage Practice Questions And
Answers
a. Ask ED staff to discharge clients from the medical-surgical units in
order to make room for critically injured victims.
b. Call additional medical-surgical and critical care nursing staff to
come to the hospital to assist when victims are brought in.
c. Inform the incident commander at the mass casualty scene about
how many victims may be handled by the ED.
d. Direct medical-surgical and critical care nurses to assist with
clients currently in the ED while emergency staff prepare to receive
the mass casualty victims. - - -
correct answer ✅D
The ED charge nurse should direct additional nursing staff to help
care for current ED clients while the ED staff prepares to receive
mass casualty victims; however, they should not be assigned to the
most critically ill or injured clients. The house supervisor and unit
directors would collaborate to discharge stable clients. The hospital
incident commander is responsible for mobilizing resources and
would have the responsibility for calling in staff. The medical
command physician would be the person best able to communicate
with on-scene personnel regarding the ability to take more clients.
The hospital administration arranges for critical incident stress
debriefing for the staff after a mass casualty incident. Which
