Conducting a thorough assessment of the scene, identifying all injured or ill patients, and categorizing them by severity is the responsibility of:
A) Triage
B) Transportation
C) Staging
D) Logistics
Answer: A) Triage
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Which consideration could be a concern to your safety when doing a standby at a motor vehicle accident in which a tractor-trailer carrying fuel has overturned and the fire department is still extricating the driver?
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