MDC4 EXAM 3 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS( FROM A VERIFIED SOURCE) 2025 BRAND NEW VERSION!!!

MDC4 EXAM 3 WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS( FROM A VERIFIED SOURCE)
2025 BRAND NEW VERSION!!!




What does triaging do? - CORRECT ANSWER-*acts as gatekeeper*

helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level



According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - CORRECT
ANSWER-highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention



(Most ill/severe will get seen first)



What is a good model for triaging patients? - CORRECT ANSWER-
ABCs



Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - CORRECT
ANSWER-NO

,Which triage situation uses tags? - CORRECT ANSWER-mass
casualties



what are the categories of triage? - CORRECT ANSWER-- emergent

- urgent

- nonurgent

- primary survey



what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - CORRECT
ANSWER-- life threatening injuries

- needs immediate treatment



what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage -
CORRECT ANSWER-- respiratory distress

- chest pain with diaphoresis

- stroke

- active hemorrhage

- unstable vitals

, what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage - CORRECT
ANSWER-patient should be treated quickly but there is not and
immediate threat to life



what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage -
CORRECT ANSWER-- severe abdominal pain

- renal colic

- displaced multiple fractures

- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)



what classifies a patient as nonurgent according to triage - CORRECT
ANSWER-patient can wait several hours without a risk to life



what patient conditions warrant a nonurgent status for triage -
CORRECT ANSWER-- skin rash

- strains/sprains

- colds

- simple fracture



what is a primary survey that should be performed while triaging? -
CORRECT ANSWER-ABCDE