MDC4 Final Exam 1. What does triaging do? - *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level 2. According to triage, what patients would be seen first - highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) 3. What is a good model for triaging patients? - ABCs 4. Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - NO 5. Which triage situation uses tags? - mass casualties 6. what are the categories of triage? - - emergent - urgent - nonurgent - primary survey 7. what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage? - - life threatening injuries - needs immediate treatment 8. what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - - respiratory distress - chest pain with diaphoresis - stroke - active hemorrhage - unstable vitals 9. what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage? - patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate threat to life 10. what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage - - severe abdominal pain - renal colic - displaced multiple fractures - new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia) 11. what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage? - patient can wait several hours without a risk to life 12. what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage - - skin rash - strains/sprains - colds - simple fracture 13. what is a primary survey that should be performed while triaging? - ABCDE 14. what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients - A: Airway/cervical spine B: Breathing C: Circulation D: Disability E: Exposure 15. what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE - airway, cervical spine - patent airway - immobilize spine **do NOT move patient 16. what does the "B" refer to in ABCDE - breathing - assess sounds - assess chest wall movement 17. what does the "C" refer to in ABCDE - circulation - vitals (BP and pulse) - maintain vascular access - stop any bleeding 18. what does the "D" refer to in ABCDE - disability *LOC 19. what does the "E" refer to in ABCDE - exposure - get clothes off - use blankets to prevent hypothermia 20. what is the one exception to ABCDE? - in excessive bleeding, you would prioritize "C" before "AB"