When Triaging Multiple Burn Patients, the EMT Would Recognize Which

question 42

Multiple Choice

When triaging multiple burn patients, the EMT would recognize which as suffering the most critical burn?

• A) 41-year-old with a partial-thickness burn to the upper left arm
• B) 22-year-old with a partial-thickness burn to the right hand
• C) 58-year-old with a scald burn to the anterior chest
• D) 12-year-old with a superficial burn to the neck and chest

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