EKG strips and complexes represent only mechanical activity.

You arrive on the scene where a school bus has been hit by a train. The bus was in its early stages of picking up students and you only have 5 patients. Your closest unit is 30 minutes away. Triage this patient based on this scenario:

Patient #5 is a 17-year-old male with the following vital signs: respirations 18, pulse 104, alert, crying, and wanting his mother; he is ambulatory. A) Priority 3, green tag B) Priority 4, black tag C) Priority 2, yellow tag D) Priority 1, red tag

In most infants, the primary method of communicating distress is:

A) crying. B) incontinence. C) tachypnea. D) somnolence.