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Walking uncontrolled bleeding — DipIMC MCQ

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ModerateMajor Incident ManagementWalking uncontrolled bleedingDipIMC

At a knife attack with multiple casualties, a young man walks towards you holding a forearm wound with spurting bleeding between his fingers. What is the triage category?

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Correct answer: B — Priority 1 (red)

Option B is correct because Catastrophic haemorrhage is a life threat even when the casualty can walk. Option D is less appropriate because Priority 2 is for serious injury without immediate life-saving criteria; option E is less appropriate because Priority 3 is for walking wounded or minor casualties with stable physiology. Option C is less appropriate because expectant triage is used in exceptional resource-limited circumstances; option A 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