A-4 - Assessment - Triage Color Codes Flashcards
Cardiac or respiratory arrest is a triage ______.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
A. Blue
A patient with an LOC less than verbal or acute GCS under 14 is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. Red
STEMI on 12-Lead ECG is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. Red
Suspected strokes with a last normal time under ___ hours are code red patients.
A. 1 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 5 hours
D. 7 hours
C. 5 hours
High risk/complicated OB patients greater than ____ weeks gestation are code red patients.
A. 20 weeks
B. 28 weeks
C. 30 weeks
A. 20 weeks
An acute GCS under ____ requires a level 1 trauma center.
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14
D. 14
A systolic BP of under 90 mmHg or signs of shock is a triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Respiratory rates under 10 or greater than 10, or requiring respiratory support are triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Penetrating injury to head, neck, torso, or extremities proximal to knee/elbow are triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Partial thickness burns greater than ___ of total BSA is a code red trauma and requires transport to the trauma center.
A. 10%
B. 20 %
C. 30%
D. 40%
A. 10%
What regions of the body that, when burned, constitute a code red patient?
- face
- hands
- genitals
- perineum
- crossing major joints (think issues with eschars)
A ____ degree burn in any age group is a code red trauma alert.
third
Any electrical burn, including lightning injury, is a triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Chemical burns are a triage ____ patient.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Inhalation burns are a triage ____ patient.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Burns in a patient with any pre-existing conditions that might affect management/mortality are considered a are a triage ____ patient.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Any patient with burns and concomitant trauma is considered a _____ triage.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
B. red
Pts who require advanced airway management (like medication, monitoring, non-invasive management) are considered triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
A patient with an LOC of verbal (or baseline LOC change) or an acute GCS of 14-15 is a triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Suspected cardiac chest pain without STEMI on 12-lead is considered triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Suspected stroke greater than 5 hours last seen normal is considered triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
A patient with a potentially toxic ingestion is a triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Obstetric patients with impending delivery or uncomplicated field delivery is a triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Following blunt trauma, a patient over 20 weeks gestation with abdominal and/or back pain following blunt trauma is code _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Newborn with APGAR over 8 is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Potential long bone fracture is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Adult patients with fall greater than ____ feet is code ___ and requires a level I trauma center.
20; yellow
Peds patients with fall greater than ____ feet or ____ times the child’s height is code ___ and requires a level I trauma center.
10; 3; yellow
What high risk auto crash findings cause a patient to be a code yellow and require Level I trauma center?
- Ejection
- Death in same compartment
Auto versus pedestrian/bicyclist becomes a code yellow trauma when what conditions are met?
- Thrown
- Run over
- Impact over 20 mph
A motorcycle crash over ____ is a code yellow trauma alert.
20 mph
Chest wall instability/deformity/significant focal bony tenderness is a code ____ patient.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Significant abdominal pain/bruising/tenderness related to an acute trauma is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
2+ long bone fractures is a triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Amputation proximal to wrist/ankle is a code _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
A pelvic fracture is a code ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Open/depressed skull fracture is triage ____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
Paralysis or new neuro deficit is a triage
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. yellow
Adults over 55 YO on anticoagulant therapy (do/do not) require a level I trauma center.
do not
What high risk auto crash findings are traumas, but do not require level I transport?
- Intrusion over 12” by occupant
- Intrusion over 18” at any location
Patients who are alert/oriented (or at baseline mental status), with normal V/S for age, and do not require emergency care are triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
D. Green
Patients who are experiencing suicidal thoughts or psychiatric medication non-compliance are triage _____.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
E. Orange
T/F: elderly patients with AMS/confusion/combativeness are triaged orange.
False. These patients often have underlying problems (dementia, sepsis, etc.) that may result in AMS.
If medication is required to calm/protect a patient, they are triage _____ at minimum.
A. Blue B. Red C. Yellow D. Green E. Orange
C. Yellow
