Practice Question
Identify which of the following clients would be triaged as a "Red" in a mass casualty accident? Select the correct response(s)
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Correct Answer:
A 33-year-old female with a sucking chest wound.
Rationale:
✅ 1. A 33-year-old female with a sucking chest wound
🫁 Why it's a Red tag:
🎯A sucking chest wound indicates an open pneumothorax, where air enters the pleural cavity with each breath.
🎯This compromises lung expansion, leading to hypoxia, respiratory distress, and risk of a tension pneumothorax—a rapidly fatal complication if untreated.
🎯In mass casualty triage, airway and breathing issues take top priority.
🎯This condition is immediately life-threatening, but with interventions like an occlusive dressing or chest seal, the client’s life can be saved.
🆘 Requires: Immediate airway/breathing support, possibly chest tube insertion after stabilization.
✅ 2. A 19-year-old male with pulsing bleed to the left groin
🩸 Why it's a Red tag:
🎯A pulsing (arterial) bleed in the groin suggests femoral artery injury, which can result in rapid exsanguination (blood loss).
🎯Clients with uncontrolled arterial hemorrhage can bleed out in minutes without intervention.
🎯This type of injury requires immediate hemorrhage control, such as direct pressure, tourniquet application, or surgical intervention.
🎯In an MCI, clients with massive bleeding that can be stopped are triaged as Red, as they can survive with prompt care.
🆘 Requires: Immediate bleeding control and fluid resuscitation.
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PNR 206 Medical - Surgical Nursing II Cohort 38
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- Category: LPN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: LPN HESI Exams
- Domain: Med-Surgical
- Answer Choices: 6