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MDC 4 – Final Exam Review


1- Safety issues in the ED: Pt identification, fall risk, skin breakdown, HAIs, med errors and
adverse events.

2- Triage: sorting & classifying patients into priority levels depending on illness/injury
severity
- Triage nurse: gatekeeper in the emergency care system
- 3 levels: Emergent, Urgent, Nonurgent

3- Primary Survey: organizes the approach so immediate threats are rapidly identified and
effectively managed. Use ABC Disability and Exposure

4- Secondary Survey: comprehensive head-to-toe, identify other injuries. Ex: splint, Foley,
etc.

5- Disaster: event in which illness/injuries exceed the resources capabilities of a
community or medical facility

6- Internal disaster: any event inside a health care facility/campus that could endanger the
safety of patients/staff & creates a need for evacuation/relocation

7- External disaster: any event outside the facility/campus. Somewhere in the community,
requires the activation of the facility’s emergency management plan

, ATI PROCTORED MDC 4 - Final exam review (1).



8- Multi-casualty vs. Mass casualty event: based upon the scope & scale of the incident
and the number/severity of victims/casualties

9- Mass casualty event: overwhelms local medical capabilities & may require collaboration
of multiple agencies & health care facilities

10- Emergency Preparedness: define ways to meet the extraordinary need for beds, meds,
PPE, supplies, and medical devices

11- Disaster Triage Tag System: • Red: Emergent: class I – immediate threat to life
• Yellow: Urgent: class II – tx within 30min to 2h time frame

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