Author Question: Your EMS system uses the Simple Triage and Rapid Transport (START) system for triaging patients at a ... (Read 139 times)

DelorasTo · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Your EMS system uses the Simple Triage and Rapid Transport (START) system for triaging patients at a multiple-casualty incident. Which one of the following should you include in your triage assessment to determine the order in which patients will receive emergency care?

A) Chief complaint, vital signs, and past medical history
B) Chief complaint and vital signs
C) Level of consciousness and past medical history
D) Respiratory and perfusion status

Question 2

You have been dispatched to an apartment for an elderly man complaining of shortness of breath. When should you start the process of forming a general impression about this patient?

A) As you and your partner approach him
B) After completing the primary assessment
C) Following the completion of vital signs
D) As soon as you obtain his chief complaint