Mass casualty - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHTLS 10th Edition Exam Questions And Answers 1. Which of the following requires you to develop a plan of action, initiate the plan, reassess the plan as care for the patient moves forward, and adjust the plan as the patient's condition or circumstances change? A. Principles of PHTLS B. The Golden Period C. The XABCDE assessment D. Critical thinking process - ANS Question 1: D To help achieve the PHTLS goals, you will apply your critical thinking skills in the field. Critical thi...

A home health nurse is caring for a child who has Lyme disease. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take? - Ensure the state health department has been notified. A nurse is caring for a client who has a vented NG tube set to low intermittent suction and has vomited. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first? - Evaluate functioning of the suction device. While performing a routine assessment, a nurse notices fraying onto the electrical cord...

1. Which of the following requires you to develop a plan of action, initiate the plan, reassess the plan as care for the patient moves forward, and adjust the plan as the patient's condition or circumstances change? A. Principles of PHTLS B. The Golden Period C. The XABCDE assessment D. Critical thinking process - Question 1: D To help achieve the PHTLS goals, you will apply your critical thinking skills in the field. Critical thinking in medicine is a process in which the healthcare p...

Mass Casualty Incident Questions and Answers 100% Pass First few steps on arrival to a MCI Scene Safety Take Command Consider the need for more resources including ambulances Begin Start Triage What does S.T.A.R.T. stand for? Simple triage and rapid transport Green can walk and move away for the incident when asked Yellow Has non life-threatening injuries including a palpable pulse, breathing <30 per minute and is able to follow but cannot walk directions Red Life-threa...

What is your priority as the incident commander at a mass casualty incident? Monitor incident organization. You are the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of a school bus rollover. The fire department has stabilized the bus. What should you do? Have your partner begin triaging patients. A 43 year old male complains of a stiff neck, persistent cough, and fever for the past week. He states he has been in and out of homeless shelters for the past 5 months. What should you do? U...

Mass Casualty Disaster Triage Latest Update Graded A+ Emergent or class I Red tag Urgent or class 2 Yellow tag Non-urgent or class 3 Green tag Expectant or class 4 Black tag Red tag Immediate threat to life; do not delay treatment Yellow tag Major injuries that require treatment; can delay treatment one to two hours. Green tag Minor injuries that do not require immediate treatment, can delay treatment two to four hours, considered the walking wounded. Black tag Expect...

Mass Casualty Incident/Triage Latest Version Graded A+ 1. Resuscitation the pt is dying 2. Emergent the pt should not wait 3. Urgent the pt is predicted to require 2 or more resources 4. Nonurgent the pt is predicted to require 1 resource 5. Minor the pt is predicted to require no resources Primary survey (primary triage) focuses on stabilizing life threatening conditions - follow the ABCD Primary survey includes -establish patent airway provide adequate ventilation, protection of cerv...

The nursing instructor is teaching her class about disasters. Which type of radiologic disaster would the instructor tell her students is less likely to cause acute radiation syndrome (ARS)? a. Nuclear power plant accident b. Explosion of a dirty bomb c. Nuclear blast d. Sarin attack ANSWER: b. Explosion of a dirty bomb A dirty bomb is a conventional explosive device that spreads small amounts of radiation in the form of powder or pellets. The greater danger is from the explosion; ...

It is a triage method used by first responders to quickly classify victims during a mass casualty incident (MCI) based on the severity of their injury. * 1/1 Catastrophic Triage Disaster Triage Military Triage START Triage In the event of a catastrophic occurrence, when the number of incoming patients exceeds the capabilities of a department, this system of disaster triage is activated. * 0/1 START Triage Military Triage Catastrophic Triage Disaster Triage Correct answer Disaster...