A nurse triages clients arriving at the hospital after a mass ...

[jman1234]

A nurse triages clients arriving at the hospital after a mass casualty. Which clients are correctly classified? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. A 35-year-old female with severe chest pain: red tag
  b. A 42-year-old male with full-thickness body burns: green tag
  c. A 55-year-old female with a scalp laceration: black tag
  d. A 60-year-old male with an open fracture with distal pulses: yellow tag
  e. An 88-year-old male with shortness of breath and chest bruises: green tag

Question 2

Emergency medical services (EMS) brings a large number of clients to the emergency department following a mass casualty incident. The nurse identifies the clients with which injuries with yellow tags? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Partial-thickness burns covering both legs
  b. Open fractures of both legs with absent pedal pulses
  c. Neck injury and numbness of both legs
  d. Small pieces of shrapnel embedded in both eyes
  e. Head injury and difficult to arouse
  f.
  Bruising and pain in the right lower abdomen

[samiel-sayed]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, D
Red-tagged clients need immediate care due to life-threatening injuries. A client with severe chest pain would receive a red tag. Yellow-tagged clients have major injuries that should be treated within 30 minutes to 2 hours. A client with an open fracture with distal pulses would receive a yellow tag. The client with full-thickness body burns would receive a black tag. The client with a scalp laceration would receive a green tag, and the client with shortness of breath would receive a red tag.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, C, D, F
Clients with burns, spine injuries, eye injuries, and stable abdominal injuries should be treated within 30 minutes to 2 hours, and therefore should be identified with yellow tags. The client with the open fractures and the client with the head injury would be classified as urgent with red tags.