The pregnant woman had a palpable pedal pulse earlier, now has an absent pedal pulse as...
The pregnant woman had a palpable pedal pulse earlier, now has an absent pedal pulse as verified by a doppler. Based on this new clinical finding, this patient will be triaged and
coded which color?
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Answer: The patient should be coded with the red colour.
The red colour indicate the life threatening injuries, yellow indicate that it is not life threatening Injuries and green indicates minimum Injuries. In the case of absent pedal pulse, there could be peripheral vascular disease which is due to atherosclerosis. Hence the increase in this condition could be life threatening.
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