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MDC4 Exam 3 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers 2024/2025 What does triaging do? - Correct Answer *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients wil...

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What does triaging do? - Correct Answer *acts as gatekeeper*

helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level



According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients will
receive quickest intervention



(Most ill/severe will get seen first)



What is a good model for triaging patients? - Correct Answer ABCs



Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - Correct Answer NO



Which triage situation uses tags? - Correct Answer mass casualties



what are the categories of triage? - Correct Answer - emergent

- urgent

- nonurgent

- primary survey



what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - Correct Answer - life threatening injuries

- needs immediate treatment



what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - Correct Answer - respiratory distress

- chest pain with diaphoresis

- stroke

- active hemorrhage

- unstable vitals



what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage - Correct 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 Answer - severe abdominal pain

- renal colic

- displaced multiple fractures

- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)



what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage - Correct Answer patient can wait several
hours without a risk to life



what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage - Correct Answer - skin rash

- strains/sprains

- colds

- simple fracture



what is a primary survey that should be performed while triaging? - Correct Answer ABCDE



what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients - Correct Answer A: Airway/cervical spine

B: Breathing

C: Circulation

D: Disability

E: Exposure



what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE - Correct Answer airway, cervical spine



- patent airway

- immobilize spine



**do NOT move patient



what does the "B" refer to in ABCDE - Correct Answer breathing

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