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Prioritization patients in an emergent/Disaster situation. Please answer all of the case study questions. Make sure you look at the rubric again for word count and responses. Yellow and Green can be difficult to choose between. Do you best and give an explanation why you chose the level you did.
Priority/Triage Discussion Board
Case Study #1 – You are at the triage desks. You see a child with a small toy in her mouth. Suddenly, she begins to choke.
What should you do?
She is in severe distress and choking but she is not making any sound.
What is her triage category? Why?
What should you do next?
What assessments (detailed description) are you focusing on? Expected findings?
Case Study #2 – As you walk through the waiting room, you notice a lethargic young adult who is with their adult parent. Their eyes are sunken. They have had diarrhea for 3 days.
What is their triage category and why?
What should you do next?
What assessments (detailed description) are you focusing on? Expected findings?
Case Study #3 – A client arrives at the emergency department who suffered multiple injuries from a head-on car collision.
What is their triage category and why? What extra Information do you want to know about?
What should you do next?
What assessment (detailed description) are you focusing on? Expected findings?
Case Study #4 – Nurse Kelly, a triage nurse encountered a client who complained of mid-sternal chest pain, dizziness, and diaphoresis.
What is their triage category and why?
What should you do next?
What assessment (detailed description) are you focusing on? Expected findings?
Case Study #5 – A group of people arrived at the emergency unit by a private car with complaints of periorbital swelling, cough, and tightness in the throat. There is a strong odor emanating from their clothes. They report exposure to a “gas bomb” that was set off in the house.
What is their triage category and why?
What should you do next?
What assessment (detailed description) are you focusing on? Expected findings?
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Prioritization 99 unread replies.99 replies. Prioritization patients in an emergent/Disaster situ
