A nurse performing mass casualty triage notes a patient is not breathing. She opens the airway and still no breathing. According to START, the patient is:
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Correct answer: Respirations over 30/min with inability to follow commands
In START, if after airway repositioning the patient remains apneic, they are tagged black as expectant or deceased in overwhelmed‐resource setting.
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