The hospital incident command system (HICS) has been activated following a multivehicle accident. Nurses are moving ambulatory patients to one section of the emergency department. These patients will be assigned which START triage category?
1. Yellow
2. Green
3. Black
4. Red
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Rationale 1: Patients with major illness or injury who require treatment within 30 to 60 minutes are assigned the yellow category.
Rationale 2: The "walking wounded" are assigned to the green "nonurgent" category.
Rationale 3: The black category is used for those who are dead or are expected to die.
Rationale 4: Patients with life-threatening injury, airway issues, or surgical issues that can be corrected in the ED are assigned the red category.
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