Upon arriving at a mass casualty scene, the health care providers ...

[SO00]

Upon arriving at a mass casualty scene, the health care providers will initiate triage by doing which of the following first?
 
  A. Assess
  B. Move
  C. Sort
  D. Send

Question 2

Resistance is encountered during the urinary catheterization of a male client. The nurse should:
 
  A. Remove the catheter immediately
  B. Apply force to insert the catheter farther
  C. Ask the client to breathe quickly through the mouth
  D. Hold the catheter firmly against the sphincter to see if it relaxes

[hanadaa]

Answer to Question 1

B
B. The move phase also allows rescue workers to identify those individuals who can follow commands but may not be able to walk.
A. The second step of the triage process, assess, allows rescue workers to focus on the remaining victims who are presumed more critically injured.
C. During the assess triage process personnel actually begin the sort task
D. The final step in the MASS triage system is send. Rescue workers evacuate, transport, or release all living clients as soon as possible.

Answer to Question 2

D
D. When resistance is met, nurse should hold catheter firmly against sphincter without forcing catheter.
A. It is normal to meet resistance at the prostatic sphincter. When resistance is met, nurse should hold catheter firmly against sphincter without forcing catheter.
B. Do not use force to insert a catheter.
C. Ask client to bear down as if to void, and slowly insert catheter through urethral meatus.

[SO00]

Excellent

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