Emergency medical services (EMS) brings a large number of clients to the emergency department following a mass casualty incident. The nurse identifies the clients with which injuries with yellow tags? (Select one, some or all that apply)

Rationale: A. The patient has a localized injury without signs of hemodynamic instability, internal bleeding, or organ compromise. While the injury is significant enough to require treatment, it is not immediately life-threatening, fitting the yellow tag (delayed care) category. B. Ocular injuries, especially bilateral or penetrating injuries, are potentially vision-threatening and may require urgent surgical evaluation. Such patients are triaged red (immediate). C. Neurologic deficits after trauma suggest spinal cord involvement, which is a high-priority, potentially life- or function-threatening injury. These patients are tagged red (immediate). D. Burns that cover less than a critical total body surface area without airway involvement or signs of shock are serious but not immediately life-threatening, fitting yellow tag (delayed care). Patients can safely wait for definitive treatment while higher-priority cases are stabilized. E. Altered level of consciousness is a critical sign of intracranial injury and possibly rising intracranial pressure. This requires immediate intervention, and the patient would be tagged red. F. Absent distal pulses indicate vascular compromise, putting the patient at risk for limb loss or systemic complications. This is life- or limb-threatening and requires red (immediate) care.