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Patient Assessment & Triage Flashcards

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  1. In START triage, how are patients who can walk to a designated area classified?

    Answer: Minor (green)

    Walking wounded are tagged minor (green) at first and reassessed later.

  2. Under START triage, an adult patient breathing more than 30 times per minute is tagged as what?

    Answer: Immediate

    A respiratory rate over 30 indicates serious compromise and an immediate (red) category.

  3. A non-breathing patient does not start breathing after the airway is repositioned during START triage. How is the patient tagged?

    Answer: Expectant/deceased

    In START, apnea after airway repositioning is tagged deceased/expectant so resources go to salvageable patients.

  4. A patient breathes at 20 per minute and has a radial pulse but cannot follow simple commands. What START category applies?

    Answer: Immediate

    Inability to follow simple commands is an immediate (red) criterion in START.

  5. In START triage, which perfusion finding places a patient in the immediate category?

    Answer: Absent radial pulse or capillary refill over 2 seconds

    Poor perfusion, shown by no radial pulse or delayed capillary refill, means the patient is immediate.

  6. On a prescribed burn, what tool in the Incident Response Pocket Guide is used to request help for an injured crewmember?

    Answer: The Medical Incident Report

    The IRPG Medical Incident Report provides a standard format for passing patient and location information to dispatch.

  7. During an injury on a burn, why is it important to declare a separate 'incident within an incident'?

    Answer: So the medical response gets dedicated leadership and radio priority while the burn is managed

    Declaring the medical event lets a dedicated person manage the patient while others keep the burn safe.

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