A patient, arriving by ambulance into the emergency department, is having respirations provided by a paramedic using a breathing bag. The nurse realizes this patient's triage level would be:
1. Resuscitative.
2. Emergent.
3. Urgent.
4. Nonurgent.
Resuscitative.
Rationale: A patient assigned as resuscitative means that resuscitative interventions must be implemented immediately. The status of emergent means the patient has an immediate life-threatening problem. A patient assigned as urgent means the patient can wait a little longer but should be seen as soon as possible. The patient assigned as nonurgent means the patient is stable enough to wait for care.
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