MDC 4 Exam 3 Questions With Correct Answers.

MDC 4 Exam 3 Questions With Correct
Answers

What does triaging do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*acts as gatekeeper*
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helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level
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According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention
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(Most ill/severe will get seen first)
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What is a good model for triaging patients? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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ABCs


Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-NO


Which triage situation uses tags? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mass
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casualties


what are the categories of triage? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- emergent
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, - urgent
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- nonurgent
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- primary survey
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what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-- life threatening injuries | | |




- needs immediate treatment
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what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-- respiratory distress
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- chest pain with diaphoresis
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- stroke
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- active hemorrhage
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- unstable vitals
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what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage - CORRECT
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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
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ANSWER✔✔-- severe abdominal pain | | |




- renal colic
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