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The medical sorting of casualties according to the type and
seriousness of injury, likelihood of survival and the establishment of
priorities of treatment and evacuation. -
correct answer ✅Triage
A ______ situation occurs if a soldier medic has more than one
seriously injured soldier to be cared for at one time -
correct answer ✅MASCAL
Triage establishes the order of treatment based on life signs of the
casualty, not _________. -
correct answer ✅Whether treatment is given
Triage Categories:
Casualties whose condition demands immediate resusicitative
treatment to save life. Casualties in this category present with
severe. life-threatening wounds. Generally, the procedures used to
correct these conditions are short in duration and economical in
terms of medical resources. Casualties within this group have a high
likelihood of survival. -
correct answer ✅Immediate
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Triage Categories:
Casualties who have less risk of losing life or limb by non-immediate
treatment. Casualties can tolerate delay prior to intervention
without unduly compromising the likelihood of a successful
outcome. When medical resources are overwhelmed, soldiers in
this category can be held until the previous category have been
cared for. -
correct answer ✅Delayed
Triage Categories:
Can be managed by self-aid or buddy-aid. This category is
comprised of casualties with wounds that are so superficial, they
require no more than cleansing, minimal debridement under local
anesthesia, administration of tatanus toxoid, and first-aid dressing.
They must be rapidly directed away from the triage area to
uncongested areas where first-aid and non-specialty medical
personnel are available. -
correct answer ✅Minimal
Triage Categories:
Casualties so critically injured that only complicated and prolonged
treatment offers any hope of improving life expectancy. Casualties
in this category have wounds that are so extensive that, even if they
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were the sole casualty and had the benefit of optimal medical
resources application, their survival would be very unlikely. -
correct answer ✅Expectant
What treatment can be performed in the triage areas? -
correct answer ✅No significant treatment, except HABC and NCD
When are expectant casualties treated? -
correct answer ✅A re-triage and treatment of these casualties
should be performed after all other casualties have been treated
The transportation and disposition of the dead is a function of what
group? -
correct answer ✅Quartermaster
What are examples of conditions that would put a person into the
Immediate Triage Category? -
correct answer ✅-Massive external bleeding
-Airway Obstruction
-Tension pneumothorax
-Open pneumothorax with respiratory distress