Mass Casualty Quiz: Can You Run START Triage?

1. What does START stand for in mass casualty triage?

Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment

Systematic Trauma Assessment and Response Team

Standard Treatment and Rescue Techniques

Strategic Triage and Resource Tracking

2. In START triage, which color category represents immediate life-threatening injuries requiring urgent intervention?

Green

Yellow

Red

Black

3. A patient at a mass casualty incident is breathing normally, has a capillary refill time under 2 seconds, and follows commands. What START category would they receive?

Red (Immediate)

Yellow (Delayed)

Green (Minor)

Black (Deceased/Expectant)

4. During START triage, if a patient is unresponsive and not breathing after airway positioning, how should they be categorized?

Red (Immediate)

Yellow (Delayed)

Black (Deceased/Expectant)

Green (Minor)

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6. A patient presents with a respiratory rate of 40 breaths per minute and altered mental status. What START category applies?

Green (Minor)

Yellow (Delayed)

Red (Immediate)

Black (Expectant)

7. In START triage, capillary refill assessment is performed on which body location?

Forehead

Fingernail bed

Earlobe

Chest

8. True or False: In START triage, all patients with altered mental status automatically receive a Red tag.

True

False

9. A patient has a respiratory rate of 8 breaths per minute and weak pulses. How should they be initially categorized in START?

Red (Immediate)

Yellow (Delayed)

Green (Minor)

Black (Expectant)

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11. Which of the following is NOT part of the initial START triage assessment?

Respiratory status

Perfusion (capillary refill)

Mental status

Detailed wound documentation

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13. True or False: START triage is designed to be performed by highly trained specialists only.

True

False

14. A patient is breathing at 35 breaths per minute with a capillary refill time of 3 seconds and normal mental status. What START category applies?

Green (Minor)

Yellow (Delayed)

Red (Immediate)

Black (Expectant)

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Mass Casualty Quiz: Can You Run START Triage?

1. What does START stand for in mass casualty triage?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. In START triage, which color category represents immediate life-threatening injuries requiring urgent intervention?

3. A patient at a mass casualty incident is breathing normally, has a capillary refill time under 2 seconds, and follows commands. What START category would they receive?

4. During START triage, if a patient is unresponsive and not breathing after airway positioning, how should they be categorized?

5. Yellow-tagged patients in START triage have significant injuries but are____.

6. A patient presents with a respiratory rate of 40 breaths per minute and altered mental status. What START category applies?

7. In START triage, capillary refill assessment is performed on which body location?

8. True or False: In START triage, all patients with altered mental status automatically receive a Red tag.

9. A patient has a respiratory rate of 8 breaths per minute and weak pulses. How should they be initially categorized in START?

10. The primary goal of START triage in mass casualty incidents is to____.

11. Which of the following is NOT part of the initial START triage assessment?

12. In START triage, a patient with normal respirations, normal perfusion, and normal mental status but with a severe fracture would likely be categorized as____.

13. True or False: START triage is designed to be performed by highly trained specialists only.

14. A patient is breathing at 35 breaths per minute with a capillary refill time of 3 seconds and normal mental status. What START category applies?

15. In START triage protocols, Black tags are used to identify patients who are____.