SAQ 981 – Major incident activation and triage sieve

You are the senior doctor in charge of a tertiary ED at 1500 when Ambulance Control reports an explosion nearby.

Patients then begin arriving rapidly on foot and by ambulance.

What five pieces of information are important to obtain from Ambulance Control?

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List seven steps you should perform after receiving this phone call.

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Using a triage sieve, classify the following patients as red, yellow or green.

(Marked out of 4.0)
</p> <table class="saq-prop-table" style="width: 100%; max-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Patient</th> <th style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Triage category</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Female 40s on stretcher, GCS 14, RR 33, BP 105/80, P 110</td> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Male 30s limping unaided, GCS 15, RR 26, BP 95/50, P 105</td> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Female 20s in wheelchair, compound tibial fracture, GCS 15, RR 28, P 120</td> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;">Male 50s on stretcher, GCS 13, RR 25, BP 105/60, P 110</td> <td style="overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: normal; white-space: normal; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: border-box;"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>

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Total Score: 0 / 16

Percentage: 0%