Question 79Safety & Environmental - QMED

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The sorting of accident victims according to the severity of their injuries is called _______________.

Atriage
Bevaluation
Csurveying
Dprioritizing
AI Explanation

The correct answer is A) triage. Triage is the process of sorting and prioritizing accident victims according to the severity of their injuries. This allows medical personnel to quickly assess and treat the most critical cases first, ensuring the best possible outcomes for all victims. The other answer choices do not accurately describe this specific medical procedure. Evaluation, surveying, and prioritizing are all related concepts, but they do not specifically refer to the sorting of accident victims by injury severity, which is the definition of triage.

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