TRIAGE PRACTICE REVIEW 2026 COMPLETE
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◍ What criteria have to be met for someone to be tagged as green?
A. Patient can walk
B. Patient is confused
C. Patient is bleeding profusely
D. Patient is alert and oriented
E. Patient has a cap refil of greater than 2 sec. Answer: A. Patient can
walk
D. Patient is alert and oriented
◍ There was a mass shooting at a school site. A 27 year old has come
to the ED limping with a deep laceration on her left leg. Her cap refill
is less than 2, alert and oriented, RR: 15, HR: 95, BP: 128/79. Your
are the triage nurse and need to tag her. What tag color would you
give her?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: A. Green
,◍ You are the triage nurse in the ED during a large scale fire. It is
important that you know what each color tag represents. Of the
following, which are correct. Select all that apply.
A. Yellow is minor
B. Red is immediate
C. Black is expectant
D. Red is delayed
E. Green is minor. Answer: B. Red is immediate
C. Black is expectant
E. Green is minor
◍ 3-year-old female, lying on the ground, right sided scalp laceration
that is heavily bleeding. Not breathing. Unresponsive. Which triage
category would this patient be placed in?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: D. Black
◍ List the criteria for placement into the yellow triage category.
Select all that apply.
A. Able to walk
B. Obeys commands
C. Respiratory rate less than 30
D. Apneic
,E. Radial pulse present
F. Capillary refill less than 2 seconds
G. Unconscious. Answer: B. Obeys commands
C. Respiratory rate less than 30
E. Radial pulse present
F. Capillary refill less than 2 seconds
◍ There has been a major earthquake, you come across a 25-year-old
male lying on the ground with no injuries but is not breathing and is
unresponsive. What color would this be according to the S.T.A.R.T
Triage.
A. Black
B. Green
C. Red
D. Yellow. Answer: A. Black
◍ Which of the following would place the patients in a red category?
A. Respiratory rate <30
B. Respiratory rate >30
C. Cap refill >2 seconds
D. Obeys commands
E. Apnea. Answer: B. Respiratory rate > 30
C. Cap refill > 2 seconds
, ◍ A patient with a red tag indicates that: (select all that apply)
A. the patient may survive with immediate transport and intervention
B. the patient is unresponsive and pulseless
C. the patient has compromised airway, breathing, and circulation
D. the patient may have an altered mental status
E. the patient is not likely to survice. Answer: A. The patient may
survive with immediate transport and intervention
C. The patient has compromised airway, breathing, and circulation
◍ A 23-year-old male is found lying on the ground unresponsive. He
has a respiratory rate of 10, cap. refill >2 seconds, and is bleeding
from his head. The patient should be tagged with which color?
A. yellow
B. red
C. black
D. green. Answer: B. Red
◍ While triaging at an MCI, you approach an individual whose
respirations are above 30, they would be tagged
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: C. Red
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◍ What criteria have to be met for someone to be tagged as green?
A. Patient can walk
B. Patient is confused
C. Patient is bleeding profusely
D. Patient is alert and oriented
E. Patient has a cap refil of greater than 2 sec. Answer: A. Patient can
walk
D. Patient is alert and oriented
◍ There was a mass shooting at a school site. A 27 year old has come
to the ED limping with a deep laceration on her left leg. Her cap refill
is less than 2, alert and oriented, RR: 15, HR: 95, BP: 128/79. Your
are the triage nurse and need to tag her. What tag color would you
give her?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: A. Green
,◍ You are the triage nurse in the ED during a large scale fire. It is
important that you know what each color tag represents. Of the
following, which are correct. Select all that apply.
A. Yellow is minor
B. Red is immediate
C. Black is expectant
D. Red is delayed
E. Green is minor. Answer: B. Red is immediate
C. Black is expectant
E. Green is minor
◍ 3-year-old female, lying on the ground, right sided scalp laceration
that is heavily bleeding. Not breathing. Unresponsive. Which triage
category would this patient be placed in?
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: D. Black
◍ List the criteria for placement into the yellow triage category.
Select all that apply.
A. Able to walk
B. Obeys commands
C. Respiratory rate less than 30
D. Apneic
,E. Radial pulse present
F. Capillary refill less than 2 seconds
G. Unconscious. Answer: B. Obeys commands
C. Respiratory rate less than 30
E. Radial pulse present
F. Capillary refill less than 2 seconds
◍ There has been a major earthquake, you come across a 25-year-old
male lying on the ground with no injuries but is not breathing and is
unresponsive. What color would this be according to the S.T.A.R.T
Triage.
A. Black
B. Green
C. Red
D. Yellow. Answer: A. Black
◍ Which of the following would place the patients in a red category?
A. Respiratory rate <30
B. Respiratory rate >30
C. Cap refill >2 seconds
D. Obeys commands
E. Apnea. Answer: B. Respiratory rate > 30
C. Cap refill > 2 seconds
, ◍ A patient with a red tag indicates that: (select all that apply)
A. the patient may survive with immediate transport and intervention
B. the patient is unresponsive and pulseless
C. the patient has compromised airway, breathing, and circulation
D. the patient may have an altered mental status
E. the patient is not likely to survice. Answer: A. The patient may
survive with immediate transport and intervention
C. The patient has compromised airway, breathing, and circulation
◍ A 23-year-old male is found lying on the ground unresponsive. He
has a respiratory rate of 10, cap. refill >2 seconds, and is bleeding
from his head. The patient should be tagged with which color?
A. yellow
B. red
C. black
D. green. Answer: B. Red
◍ While triaging at an MCI, you approach an individual whose
respirations are above 30, they would be tagged
A. Green
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Black. Answer: C. Red
