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"
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Release date | 2021-09-13 |
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