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Disaster Triage Assignement, Assignments of Nursing

disaster triage assignment answer key for Joyce universities (ameritech) transition to the professional role course NUR273

Typology: Assignments

2021/2022

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Put the injured patients on the next page under the appropriate triaged color area:
(You can do this by just putting the assigned # under the correct color, or by highlighting the injured patients
with the appropriate color on the following page, or copying and pasting under the correct color heading.)
Casualty #1 26 year old female with burns on the right lower leg, and head area. She is conscious and manifests
difficulty of breathing
Casualty #2 32 year old male, with right sided weakness due to the accident, conscious and shows inability to
walk
Casualty #3 A conscious ambulatory female 6 months pregnant complaining of abdominal cramps
Casualty #4 50 year old female that has profuse bleeding on the abdomen that is pulseless and breathless
Casualty #5 25 year old female with an open fracture of the right femur with complaints of chest pain and
difficulty breathing
Casualty #6 30 year old male complaining of abdominal pain with a shard of metal approximately 2 feet long
sticking out of his abdomen. No active bleeding noted just complaints of severe pain
Causality #7 35 year old male that is ambulatory sitting on the side of the ambulance with a faraway stare and
repeating Boom! Boom! Boom!
Casualty #8 28 year old male that is noted to have blood on his right arm from a deep laceration.
Casualty #9 36 year old female that is unconscious with broken glass on her neck that is bleeding profusely
Casualty #10 59 year old favorite Trends teacher that is unresponsive, with a thready pulse, pale skin color and
Cheyne stoke breathing from a sucking chest wound of a protruding metal shrapnel.
Causality #11 A 23 year old female that is conscious complaining of ringing in her ears and a severe headache
Casualty #12 50 year old female with a head injury that is cyanotic and no pulse
Casualty #13 20 year old male with complaints of pain in his left ankle. It is noted that his ankle is swollen and
the capillary refill in his toes is brisk
Casualty #14 31 year old male with confusion, complaints of chest tightness and shortness of breath
Casualty #15 41 year old female with multiple lacerations to face and upper body, with active bleeding noted
Casualty #16 22 year old female with exposed bone through her pant leg, mumbling incoherently
Casualty #17 57 year old male noted to be diaphoretic with stridor and an exposed abdominal wound
Casualty #18 12 year old female that has no radial pulse and respirations of 36
Casualty #19 25 year old male with shrapnel embedded in exposed left shoulder, who states cannot feel or move
his left hand

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Put the injured patients on the next page under the appropriate triaged color area:

(You can do this by just putting the assigned # under the correct color, or by highlighting the injured patients

with the appropriate color on the following page, or copying and pasting under the correct color heading.)

 Casualty #1 26 year old female with burns on the right lower leg, and head area. She is conscious and manifests difficulty of breathing  Casualty #2 32 year old male, with right sided weakness due to the accident, conscious and shows inability to walk  Casualty #3 A conscious ambulatory female 6 months pregnant complaining of abdominal cramps  Casualty #4 50 year old female that has profuse bleeding on the abdomen that is pulseless and breathless  Casualty #5 25 year old female with an open fracture of the right femur with complaints of chest pain and difficulty breathing  Casualty #6 30 year old male complaining of abdominal pain with a shard of metal approximately 2 feet long sticking out of his abdomen. No active bleeding noted just complaints of severe pain  Causality #7 35 year old male that is ambulatory sitting on the side of the ambulance with a faraway stare and repeating Boom! Boom! Boom!  Casualty #8 28 year old male that is noted to have blood on his right arm from a deep laceration.  Casualty #9 36 year old female that is unconscious with broken glass on her neck that is bleeding profusely  Casualty #10 59 year old favorite Trends teacher that is unresponsive, with a thready pulse, pale skin color and Cheyne stoke breathing from a sucking chest wound of a protruding metal shrapnel.  Causality #11 A 23 year old female that is conscious complaining of ringing in her ears and a severe headache  Casualty #12 50 year old female with a head injury that is cyanotic and no pulse  Casualty #13 20 year old male with complaints of pain in his left ankle. It is noted that his ankle is swollen and the capillary refill in his toes is brisk  Casualty #14 31 year old male with confusion, complaints of chest tightness and shortness of breath  Casualty #15 41 year old female with multiple lacerations to face and upper body, with active bleeding noted  Casualty #16 22 year old female with exposed bone through her pant leg, mumbling incoherently  Casualty #17 57 year old male noted to be diaphoretic with stridor and an exposed abdominal wound  Casualty #18 12 year old female that has no radial pulse and respirations of 36  Casualty #19 25 year old male with shrapnel embedded in exposed left shoulder, who states cannot feel or move his left hand