After a radiation exposure, a patient who is triaged into the black category is one who is considered what?
A) Probable survivor
B) Possible survivor
C) Improbable survivor
D) Designation unknown
Ans: C
Feedback: There are three categories of predicted survival after radiation exposure: probable, possible, and improbable. Option D is a distracter for this question.
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