Triage (PBS 3.2.4)

Triage means

• to sort

• to treat

• to prevent

• to detect

Which victim should you prioritise if you're a first aider？

• The victim who looks the worst

• The victim with the most serious injuries

• The closest victim

• The youngest victim

Which is the first step in emergency care?

• Admission to hospital or discharge to home

• Physical exam and diagnostic testing

• Medical treatment and reevaluation

• Triage

Patients that need care immediately because the patient may not survive without treatment are classified as

• urgent

• non-urgent

• emergent

• semi-urgent

Patients that are classified as the lowest priority are

• urgent

• non-urgent

• emergent

• semi-urgent

Patients that require care quickly but can be delayed temporarily are classified as

• urgent

• non-urgent

• emergent

• semi-urgent

A patient is undergoing anaphylaxis shock. She would be classified as

• emergent

• urgent

• semi-urgent

• non-urgent

A patient walks into the emergency room with severe abdominal pain. She has a fever off 100 F, but her pulse and blood pressure are normal.

She would most likely be classified as

• emergent

• urgent

• semi-urgent

• non-urgent

A mother brings in her toddler that has been complaining of an earache.

The todder would most likely be classified as

• emergent

• urgent

• semi-urgent

• non-urgent

A 60-year-old man enters the emergency room with a 2nd degree burn on over 90% his left arm. He would most likely be classified as:

• emergent

• urgent

• semi-urgent

• non-urgent