You are an emergency department nurse working triage during a disaster. Why should you tag a victim after assessment in a disaster situation?
A) To know the victim's name
B) The tag states the triage category of the victim.
C) Someone else does not duplicate the assessment.
D) Call for immediate hospitalization.
C
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The tag is an indication that the victim has been assessed by a nurse. This ensures that the nurse or another medical person does not spend time assessing the same person twice. The tag does not name the victim, state the triage category, or contain instructions.
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