A tour bus has overturned, resulting in numerous patients.

When you arrive, you are

immediately assigned to assist in the triage process. Patient 1 is a middle-aged male
with respiratory distress, chest pain, and a closed deformity to his right forearm. Patient
2 is a young female who is conscious and alert, but has bilateral femur fractures and
numerous abrasions to her arms and face. Patient 3 is an older woman who complains
of abdominal pain and has a history of cardiovascular disease. Patient 4 is
unresponsive, is not breathing, has a weak carotid pulse, and has a grossly deformed
skull. What triage categories should you assign to these patients?

A. Patient 1, delayed (yellow); Patient 2, immediate (red); Patient 3, delayed (yellow);

Patient 4, immediate (red)
B. Patient 1, immediate (red); Patient 2, delayed (yellow); Patient 3, immediate (red);
Patient 4, expectant (black)
C. Patient 1, immediate (red); Patien - B. Patient 1, immediate (red); Patient 2, delayed
(yellow); Patient 3, immediate (red); Patient 4, expectant (black)

According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to have
a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?

A. Triage the patient as delayed.

B. Administer high-flow oxygen
C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
D. Assess his or her neurologic status. - C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.

Which of your senses can be safely used to identify a HazMat incident?

A. Smell and sight

B. Sound and smell
C. Sight and sound
D. Sight and touch - C. Sight and sound

While triaging patients at the scene of a building collapse, you encounter a young child
who is conscious, alert, and breathing; has bilateral radial pulses; and has a severely
angulated leg, which is not bleeding. According to the JumpSTART triage system, you
should:

A. quickly bind his legs together to stabilize the fracture, and continue triaging.
B. apply high-flow oxygen, obtain baseline vital signs, and continue triaging.
C. assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.
D. evacuate him to a designated area and assign him a minimal (green) category. - C.
assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.

You are approaching an overturned tanker truck to assess the driver, who appears to be
unresponsive. As you get closer to the vehicle, you note the smell of noxious fumes and
find that you are in the midst of a vapor cloud. What should you do?