A patient arrives by ambulance to the emergency department. A paramedic is administering a breathing bag to help with the patient's respirations. Which triage level will the nurse assign?
1. Nonurgent
2. Resuscitative
3. Emergent
4. Urgent
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Rationale 1: A patient in the nonurgent category is stable enough to wait for care.
Rationale 2: For a patient in the resuscitative category, resuscitative interventions must be implemented immediately. This patient is already receiving resuscitative measures.
Rationale 3: The status of emergent means the patient has an immediate life-threatening problem but is not imminently dying.
Rationale 4: A patient in the urgent category can wait a little longer but should be seen as soon as possible.
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