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 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
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 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
