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Tourniquet-treated haemorrhage — DipIMC MCQ

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ModerateMajor Incident ManagementTourniquet-treated haemorrhageDipIMC

A casualty from an industrial explosion has lower-limb catastrophic bleeding controlled by a tourniquet. He cannot walk and pulse is 128/min. What is the triage category?

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Correct answer: B — Priority 1 (red)

Option B is correct because Need for life-saving haemorrhage intervention and persistent tachycardia make the casualty immediate priority. Option E is less appropriate because Priority 2 is for serious injury without immediate life-saving criteria; option C is less appropriate because Priority 3 is for walking wounded or minor casualties with stable physiology. Option A is less appropriate because expectant triage is used in exceptional resource-limited circumstances; option D is less appropriate because the stem does not meet criteria for death assignment. Clinical pearl: in DipIMC-style questions, the best answer is the intervention that changes outcome earliest in the pre-hospital phase.

Reference: MIMMS; NHS Major Incident Triage Tool