EMT Basic · Chapter 25 · Sequence
Trauma Overview
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CDC field triage decision steps (simplified)
Order the simplified CDC field triage decision steps from most to least urgent.
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- 1Step 3 — Mechanism criteria (high-energy MOI)
- 2Step 2 — Anatomic criteria (penetrating injury, flail chest, two or more long-bone fractures, paralysis)
- 3Step 4 — Special considerations (age, anticoagulation, pregnancy, burns)
- 4Step 1 — Physiologic criteria (vital signs, GCS) abnormal