You are using the Simple Triage and Rapid Transport (START) system of triage. Which one of the following patients should have a yellow tag applied prior to being moved to the treatment area?
A) Woman with a respiratory rate of 22, palpable radial pulse, and squeezes your fingers when instructed
B) Man with a respiratory rate of 40, palpable radial pulse, and squeezes your fingers when instructed
C) Woman with agonal respirations, no radial pulse, and unresponsive mental status
D) Woman with a respiratory rate of 8, no radial pulse, and unresponsive mental status
Question 2
You have been dispatched to a residence for an 89-year-old woman with an unspecified complaint. When assessing this patient, which one of the following will be the AEMT's first priority to develop a better understanding of the emergency?
A) Gather a medical history including allergy information.
B) Contact medical direction for advisement.
C) Determine if the complaint is medical or trauma related.
D) Obtain the patient's vital signs and current medications.
The autonomic nervous system with its sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
The respiratory system
The gastrointestinal system.
Landsteiner's experiment demonstrating the exquisite specificity of the immune system.
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 3e (Bauman)
Complete Digestive System: Frog