The nurse is a first responder following a mass casualty incident and performs triage on these victims while waiting for assistance. List the patients in order they must be treated according to the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) protocol.

  • Unresponsive patient who is breathing and has a capillary refill of 4 seconds
  • Unresponsive patient with only agonal breathing after opening the airway
  • Unresponsive patient who begins breathing spontaneously with a jaw-thrust maneuver
  • Unresponsive patient who is moaning and has a radial pulse

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