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The Nurse Is Using the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment

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The nurse is using the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system to triage patients brought to the hospital after a tornado. Which triage designation has the nurse correctly assigned?


A) Red tag for a 67-year-old male complaining of chest pain; heart rate 120 beats/min, blood pressure 100/68 mmHg, respiratory rate 20 breaths/min
B) Red tag for a 27-year-old woman presenting with a respiratory rate of 36 breaths/min and capillary refill of 4 seconds
C) Yellow tag for a 58-year-old woman able to walk on her own and saying over and over, "I don't know what happened"
D) Red tag for a 30-year-old male with multiple chest trauma; respiratory effort minimal after airway is opened; carotid pulse faint

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