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A-4 - Assessment - Triage Color Codes Flashcards

1
Q

Cardiac or respiratory arrest is a triage ______.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

A. Blue

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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
A

B. Red

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Q

STEMI on 12-Lead ECG is triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. Red

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4
Q

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

A

C. 5 hours

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5
Q

High risk/complicated OB patients greater than ____ weeks gestation are code red patients.

A. 20 weeks
B. 28 weeks
C. 30 weeks

A

A. 20 weeks

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Q

An acute GCS under ____ requires a level 1 trauma center.

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14

A

D. 14

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A systolic BP of under 90 mmHg or signs of shock is a triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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8
Q

Respiratory rates under 10 or greater than 10, or requiring respiratory support are triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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9
Q

Penetrating injury to head, neck, torso, or extremities proximal to knee/elbow are triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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10
Q

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

A. 10%

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11
Q

What regions of the body that, when burned, constitute a code red patient?

A
  • face
  • hands
  • genitals
  • perineum
  • crossing major joints (think issues with eschars)
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12
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A ____ degree burn in any age group is a code red trauma alert.

A

third

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13
Q

Any electrical burn, including lightning injury, is a triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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14
Q

Chemical burns are a triage ____ patient.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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15
Q

Inhalation burns are a triage ____ patient.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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16
Q

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
A

B. red

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17
Q

Any patient with burns and concomitant trauma is considered a _____ triage.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

B. red

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18
Q

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
A

C. Yellow

19
Q

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
A

C. Yellow

20
Q

Suspected cardiac chest pain without STEMI on 12-lead is considered triage _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

21
Q

Suspected stroke greater than 5 hours last seen normal is considered triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

22
Q

A patient with a potentially toxic ingestion is a triage _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

23
Q

Obstetric patients with impending delivery or uncomplicated field delivery is a triage _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

24
Q

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
A

C. Yellow

25
Q

Newborn with APGAR over 8 is triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

26
Q

Potential long bone fracture is triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

27
Q

Adult patients with fall greater than ____ feet is code ___ and requires a level I trauma center.

A

20; yellow

28
Q

Peds patients with fall greater than ____ feet or ____ times the child’s height is code ___ and requires a level I trauma center.

A

10; 3; yellow

29
Q

What high risk auto crash findings cause a patient to be a code yellow and require Level I trauma center?

A
  • Ejection

- Death in same compartment

30
Q

Auto versus pedestrian/bicyclist becomes a code yellow trauma when what conditions are met?

A
  • Thrown
  • Run over
  • Impact over 20 mph
31
Q

A motorcycle crash over ____ is a code yellow trauma alert.

A

20 mph

32
Q

Chest wall instability/deformity/significant focal bony tenderness is a code ____ patient.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

33
Q

Significant abdominal pain/bruising/tenderness related to an acute trauma is triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

34
Q

2+ long bone fractures is a triage _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

35
Q

Amputation proximal to wrist/ankle is a code _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

36
Q

A pelvic fracture is a code ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

37
Q

Open/depressed skull fracture is triage ____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

38
Q

Paralysis or new neuro deficit is a triage

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. yellow

39
Q

Adults over 55 YO on anticoagulant therapy (do/do not) require a level I trauma center.

A

do not

40
Q

What high risk auto crash findings are traumas, but do not require level I transport?

A
  • Intrusion over 12” by occupant

- Intrusion over 18” at any location

41
Q

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
A

D. Green

42
Q

Patients who are experiencing suicidal thoughts or psychiatric medication non-compliance are triage _____.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

E. Orange

43
Q

T/F: elderly patients with AMS/confusion/combativeness are triaged orange.

A

False. These patients often have underlying problems (dementia, sepsis, etc.) that may result in AMS.

44
Q

If medication is required to calm/protect a patient, they are triage _____ at minimum.

A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Orange
A

C. Yellow

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