Medical Science · Medicine
Following a mass casualty incident, twenty injured victims arrive at the emergency unit. Under the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system, which of the following patients should be tagged as Red (Immediate)?
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- 1An unresponsive patient in apparent cardiac arrest with no palpable carotid pulse
- 2A major burn victim with 80% total body surface area (TBSA) burns but currently hemodynamically stable
- 3A patient walking around with an isolated closed fracture of the forearm
- 4A patient with severe respiratory distress, tachypnea, and pinpoint pupils✓
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A patient with severe respiratory distress, tachypnea, and pinpoint pupils
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