NUR 445: Exam 4 (#4 TESTBANK)
The nurse responds to a mass casualty event and implements Simple Triage and Rapid
Treatment (START) to triage patients. Which patient does the nurse tag as green?
1. The patient who remains apneic after airway repositioning.
2. The patient who begins breathing after airway management is implemented.
3. The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands appropriately.
4. The breathing patient with a capillary refill of 3 seconds who cannot follow simple
direction - answer3. The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands
appropriately
Rationale: The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands
appropriately.
The nurse is conducting triage under mass casualty conditions and assigns which tag to
the patient who is experiencing hypovolemic shock as a result of a penetrating wound?
1. Red
2. Black
3. Green
4. Yellow - answer1. Red
Rationale: The nurse uses a red tag for a patient who has injuries that are an immediate
threat to life, such as hypovolemic shock, during mass casualty conditions.
Which patient injury would receive a black tag by the triage nurse during a mass
casualty incident?
1. Concussion
2. Ankle sprain
3. Open femur fracture
4. Full-thickness body burns - answer4. Full-thickness body burns
Rationale: A black tag indicates the patient has suffered an extensive injury and is
expected, or allowed, to die. Typical examples of black-tagged patients are those with
massive head trauma, extensive full-thickness body burns, and high cervical spinal cord
injury requiring mechanical ventilation
Based upon Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START), the nurse tags the patient
with which injury as yellow during the triage process?
1. Ankle sprain
The nurse responds to a mass casualty event and implements Simple Triage and Rapid
Treatment (START) to triage patients. Which patient does the nurse tag as green?
1. The patient who remains apneic after airway repositioning.
2. The patient who begins breathing after airway management is implemented.
3. The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands appropriately.
4. The breathing patient with a capillary refill of 3 seconds who cannot follow simple
direction - answer3. The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands
appropriately
Rationale: The patient who is walking, has abrasions, and follows commands
appropriately.
The nurse is conducting triage under mass casualty conditions and assigns which tag to
the patient who is experiencing hypovolemic shock as a result of a penetrating wound?
1. Red
2. Black
3. Green
4. Yellow - answer1. Red
Rationale: The nurse uses a red tag for a patient who has injuries that are an immediate
threat to life, such as hypovolemic shock, during mass casualty conditions.
Which patient injury would receive a black tag by the triage nurse during a mass
casualty incident?
1. Concussion
2. Ankle sprain
3. Open femur fracture
4. Full-thickness body burns - answer4. Full-thickness body burns
Rationale: A black tag indicates the patient has suffered an extensive injury and is
expected, or allowed, to die. Typical examples of black-tagged patients are those with
massive head trauma, extensive full-thickness body burns, and high cervical spinal cord
injury requiring mechanical ventilation
Based upon Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START), the nurse tags the patient
with which injury as yellow during the triage process?
1. Ankle sprain
