Critical Care and Emergency Nursing: Why the Quiet Patient Goes First
A tour of emergency and intensive care, from triage and CPR to shock, sepsis, ventilators, trauma and burns.
Critical Care and Emergency Nursing · 50 questions
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1. The word "triage" comes from a French verb meaning what?
- To wait
- To heal
- To sort
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Answer: To sort
Trier means to sort; Napoleonic surgeon Dominique-Jean Larrey sorted battlefield wounded by urgency rather than by rank.
2. In a busy emergency room, why might a silent, motionless patient be more urgent than one screaming in pain?
- Quiet patients tend to have hidden infections
- Silence can signal a reduced level of consciousness
- Loud patients are usually exaggerating their symptoms
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Answer: Silence can signal a reduced level of consciousness
Screaming proves a patent airway, breathing and brain perfusion; a quiet patient may be too poorly perfused or too drowsy to complain.
3. In START mass-casualty triage, victims who can walk to a designated area are usually tagged as what?
- Delayed, to be moved by stretcher
- Immediate, to be treated first
- Minor, to be reassessed later
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Answer: Minor, to be reassessed later
Walking shows that airway, breathing, circulation and mental status are adequate for now, so the "walking wounded" are green and rechecked later.
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