A Nurse Working as Part of a Disaster Management Team

Multiple Choice

A nurse working as part of a disaster management team is assisting with triage. The nurse assesses a victim and notes that the victim is unresponsive, has no pulse, and is not breathing. The victim also has an open skull injury with what appears to be brain matter visible in the wound. The nurse would classify this victim by which colored triage tag?

A) Red
B) Yellow
C) Green
D) Black