MDC4 FINAL EXAM 2025 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
What does triaging do? - Answer✅️
☑️
*acts as
gatekeeper*
helps prioritize patient care based on illness and
severity level
According to triage, what patients would be seen
firtst - Answer✅️☑️highest acuity patients will
receive quickest intervention
(Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for triaging patients? -
Answer✅️ ☑️ABCs
Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty
triaging? - Answer✅️ ☑️NO
Which triage situation uses tags? -
Answer✅️ ☑️mass casualties
,what are the categories of triage? - Answer✅️
☑️
-
emergent
- urgent
- nonurgent
- primary survey
what classifies a patient as emergent according
to triage - Answer✅️ ☑️ - life threatening injuries
- needs immediate treatment
what patient conditions warrant an emergent
status of triage - Answer✅️
☑️ - respiratory
distress
- chest pain with diaphoresis
- stroke
- active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as urgent according to
triage - Answer✅️ ☑️patient should be treated
quickly but there is not and immediate threat to
life
,what patient conditions warrant an urgent status
for triage - Answer✅️☑️- severe abdominal pain
- renal colic
- displaced multiple fractures
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
what classifies a patient as nonurgent according
to triage - Answer✅️ ☑️ patient can wait several
hours without a risk to life
what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent
status for triage - Answer✅️
☑️- skin rash
- strains/sprains
- colds
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey that should be
performed while triaging? - Answer✅️ ☑️ ABCDE
what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients -
Answer✅️ ☑️A: Airway/cervical spine
B: Breathing
, C: Circulation
D: Disability
E: Exposure
what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️airway, cervical spine
- patent airway
- immobilize spine
**do NOT move patient
what does the "B" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️breathing
- assess sounds
- assess chest wall movement
what does the "C" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️circulation
- vitals (BP and pulse)
ANSWERS
What does triaging do? - Answer✅️
☑️
*acts as
gatekeeper*
helps prioritize patient care based on illness and
severity level
According to triage, what patients would be seen
firtst - Answer✅️☑️highest acuity patients will
receive quickest intervention
(Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for triaging patients? -
Answer✅️ ☑️ABCs
Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty
triaging? - Answer✅️ ☑️NO
Which triage situation uses tags? -
Answer✅️ ☑️mass casualties
,what are the categories of triage? - Answer✅️
☑️
-
emergent
- urgent
- nonurgent
- primary survey
what classifies a patient as emergent according
to triage - Answer✅️ ☑️ - life threatening injuries
- needs immediate treatment
what patient conditions warrant an emergent
status of triage - Answer✅️
☑️ - respiratory
distress
- chest pain with diaphoresis
- stroke
- active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as urgent according to
triage - Answer✅️ ☑️patient should be treated
quickly but there is not and immediate threat to
life
,what patient conditions warrant an urgent status
for triage - Answer✅️☑️- severe abdominal pain
- renal colic
- displaced multiple fractures
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
what classifies a patient as nonurgent according
to triage - Answer✅️ ☑️ patient can wait several
hours without a risk to life
what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent
status for triage - Answer✅️
☑️- skin rash
- strains/sprains
- colds
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey that should be
performed while triaging? - Answer✅️ ☑️ ABCDE
what does ABCDE stand for in triaging patients -
Answer✅️ ☑️A: Airway/cervical spine
B: Breathing
, C: Circulation
D: Disability
E: Exposure
what does the "A" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️airway, cervical spine
- patent airway
- immobilize spine
**do NOT move patient
what does the "B" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️breathing
- assess sounds
- assess chest wall movement
what does the "C" refer to in ABCDE -
Answer✅️ ☑️circulation
- vitals (BP and pulse)
