Exam 11: Clinical Reasoning, Problem-Solving and Triage

The ability to understand another person's experiences and convey that sense of understanding is:

Which of the following is NOT considered a general handover risk?

Refers to the critical faculty of discernment, good sense or an opinion or estimate:

What triage code is rendered for a time-based non-urgent scenario?

There are three interconnected elements in terms of clinical judgement and decision-making made by paramedics in relation to mental illness. All of the following are the elements, except for:

What is the underpinning philosophy of triage?

The philosophical underpinnings of triage are utilitarian and egalitarian. Under normal conditions where sufficient resources are available to manage the number of patients triage is egalitarian:

When gathering, documenting and communicating information, there are important aspects to consider, which include:

In a pre-hospital setting, what is the focus of clinical reasoning of paramedics and emergency nurses?

Types of theories concerned with understanding how individuals actually make judgements and decisions:

Paramedics typically use an emergency model approach to patient assessment. Which of the following is not a major step in the emergency model?

What triage code are you going to classify a client with life-threatening conditions?

An act or process of deciding a conclusion or other future action after consideration: