At a major incident, you are performing triage on a 5-year-old child who is not breathing. After opening the airway, there is still no respiratory eff...

Question

At a major incident, you are performing triage on a 5-year-old child who is not breathing. After opening the airway, there is still no respiratory effort. According to the paediatric triage sieve, what should be done next?

Accepted Answer

Give 5 rescue breaths and then reassess for breathing

Answer

Check for a pulse before making a triage decision

Answer

Commence full CPR at 15:2 for 1 minute

Answer

Classify as Dead - the same as the adult triage sieve

Answer

Give 2 rescue breaths and then reassess for signs of life

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Paediatric Triage Sieve

At a major incident, you are performing triage on a 5-year-old child who is not breathing. After opening the airway, there is still no respiratory effort. According to the paediatric triage sieve, what should be done next?