NUR 2016: TRAUMA TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) What is the START System? -- Answer ✔✔ Used to evaluate trauma patients in the
field. Assesses respirations, perfusion, and mental status. Depending on the
assessment they are classified as green, yellow, red, or black
2) What is START stand for? -- Answer ✔✔ Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment
3) How does the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) assessment go? --
Answer ✔✔ Is the patient walking? If yes, they are green. Are there respirations? If
yes, are they under or over 30? If over 30 they are RED. If under 30 move on to
perfusion. If no respirations, position airway. If still no respirations they are dead. If
there are respirations with the airway repositioned, the patient is RED. Move on to
PERFUSION. If radial pulse is present proceed to assessing mental status. If radial
pulse is absent or cap refill is under 2 seconds, move on to assessing mental status. If
radial pulse is absent and cap refill is over 2 seconds, control the bleeding! This
patient is immediate! MENTAL STATUS. If they can't follow simple commands they
are immediate. IF they can follow simple commands they are yellow
4) What does green mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Patient is walking and talking, has minor injuries. (No treatment)
, 5) How long can care be delayed for green patients? -- Answer ✔✔ Three hours
6) What does yellow mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Still breathing and have adequate circulation, can follow simple commands.
(DELAY)
7) How long can care be delayed for yellow patients? -- Answer ✔✔ One hour
8) What does red mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Unresponsive and cannot follow commands. Emergent, requires immediate
intervention or else they will die. (Emergent)
9) What does black mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ No breathing or circulation, considered dead, do not waste resources on them.
(Deceased)
10) What are primary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ Injuries resulting from the
change in pressure like ruptures, perforations of bowels, pulmonary contusions,
hemos/pneumos
11) What are secondary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ When objects fly through the
air and hit the patient
12) What are tertiary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ When the person is flung
through the air and hits something.
ANSWERS
1) What is the START System? -- Answer ✔✔ Used to evaluate trauma patients in the
field. Assesses respirations, perfusion, and mental status. Depending on the
assessment they are classified as green, yellow, red, or black
2) What is START stand for? -- Answer ✔✔ Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment
3) How does the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) assessment go? --
Answer ✔✔ Is the patient walking? If yes, they are green. Are there respirations? If
yes, are they under or over 30? If over 30 they are RED. If under 30 move on to
perfusion. If no respirations, position airway. If still no respirations they are dead. If
there are respirations with the airway repositioned, the patient is RED. Move on to
PERFUSION. If radial pulse is present proceed to assessing mental status. If radial
pulse is absent or cap refill is under 2 seconds, move on to assessing mental status. If
radial pulse is absent and cap refill is over 2 seconds, control the bleeding! This
patient is immediate! MENTAL STATUS. If they can't follow simple commands they
are immediate. IF they can follow simple commands they are yellow
4) What does green mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Patient is walking and talking, has minor injuries. (No treatment)
, 5) How long can care be delayed for green patients? -- Answer ✔✔ Three hours
6) What does yellow mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Still breathing and have adequate circulation, can follow simple commands.
(DELAY)
7) How long can care be delayed for yellow patients? -- Answer ✔✔ One hour
8) What does red mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ Unresponsive and cannot follow commands. Emergent, requires immediate
intervention or else they will die. (Emergent)
9) What does black mean on Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)? -- Answer
✔✔ No breathing or circulation, considered dead, do not waste resources on them.
(Deceased)
10) What are primary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ Injuries resulting from the
change in pressure like ruptures, perforations of bowels, pulmonary contusions,
hemos/pneumos
11) What are secondary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ When objects fly through the
air and hit the patient
12) What are tertiary explosion injuries? -- Answer ✔✔ When the person is flung
through the air and hits something.
