A tour bus has overturned, resulting in numerous patients. When you arrive, you are immediately assigned to assist in the triage process. Patient 1 is a middle-aged male with respiratory distress, chest pain, and a closed deformity to his right forearm. Patient 2 is a young female who is conscious and alert but has bilateral femur fractures and numerous abrasions to her arms and face. Patient 3 is an older woman who complains of abdominal pain and has a history of cardiovascular disease. Patient 4 is unresponsive, is not breathing, has a weak carotid pulse, and has a grossly deformed skull. What triage categories should you assign to these patients? 

A 30-year-old male was rescued after being lost in the woods for approximately 18 hours. The outside temperature is 30°F (−1°C). He is immediately placed in the warmed ambulance, where you perform a primary assessment. He is unresponsive, pale, and apneic. You should: 

A 30-year-old male was rescued after being lost in the woods for approximately 18 hours. The outside temperature is 30°F (−1°C). He is immediately placed in the warmed ambulance, where you perform a primary assessment. He is unresponsive, pale, and apneic. You should: 

Which of the following is probably not a multiple-casualty incident? 

Which of the following interventions may be used to help reduce intracranial pressure? 

Which of the following is probably not a multiple-casualty incident? 

According to the START triage system, which of the following patients should be triaged as an immediate priority (red tag)? 

A patient who has capacity may not delegate their medical decision making to a surrogate medical decision maker. 

Parents have the ethical and legal right to make health care decisions for their children, even if that means refusing life sustaining or life saving treatments for their child based on religion. 

Parents have the ethical and legal right to make health care decisions for their children, even if that means refusing life sustaining or life saving treatments for their child based on religion.