Question 162 · LEK · START
During the initial segregation of mass accident victims, using START protocol, a victim non-responding to any stimuli, not breathing spontaneously even after airway management should be:
- A. triaged red code color (the highest priority for evacuation).
- B. immediately evacuated to the medical point in order to be connected to a ventilator.
- C. resuscitated at the place, according to ALS protocol.
- D. treated with direct intracardiac epinephrine injection.
- E. recognized as dead.
Hint
In START, recall the single step taken for a victim who is not breathing and the category if breathing does not return.
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