Using the five-level Emergency Severity Index, which patient is assigned to level 2?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. A 62-year-old with chest pressure spreading to the left arm who is alert with stable vital signs
- Step 1: Level 1 is for immediate life-saving intervention; level 2 is for a high-risk situation that should not wait.
- Step 2: Possible acute coronary syndrome is high risk even when the patient looks stable, so it is level 2.
Answer
The patient with chest pressure.
Why not the others: The pulseless patient is level 1; the patient needing several resources with stable vital signs is level 3; the ankle injury needing one resource is level 4.
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