HM1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is the dynamic process of sorting casualties to identify the priority of treatment and evacuation of the wounded? - Answer- Triage. What are the traditional categories of triage? - Answer- 1. Immediate, 2. Delayed, 3. Minimal, 4. Expectant. A patient requiring life saving surgery with a high chance of survival would be what triage category? - Answer- Immediate. Injuries include: respiratory obstruction, unstable with chest or abdominal injuries, or emergency amputation. A patient who is badly in need of time-consuming surgery, but whose general condition permits delay in surgical treatment without unduly endangering life would be what triage category? - Answer- Delayed. Injuries include: large muscle wounds, fractures of major bones, intra-abdominal and/or thoracic wounds, burns less than 50% of total body surface area. A patient with burns less than 50% of total body surface area, TBSA, would be triaged into what category? - Answer- Delayed. A patient would be triaged as expectant if they had second and third degree burns in excess of what percent total body surface area? - Answer- 60% total body surface area. What are the triage categories for patients at a surgical unit? - Answer- 1. Emergent, 2. Non-emergent, 3. Expectant. What are the two surgical triage categories within the Emergent category of triage? - Answer- 1. Immediate, 2. Urgent. What surgical triage category would a patient who is unstable and requiring attention within 15 minutes be put in? - Answer- Emergent Immediate. What surgical triage category would a patient who is temporarily stable but requiring care within a few hours? - Answer- Emergent Urgent. What Surgical Triage category would a patient be placed in who requires attention within minutes to several hours of arriving at the point of care to avoid death or major disability? - Answer- Emergent.