Double-starred criteria include letters ___-___.

• A. A-E
• B. A-D
• C. B-E
• D. C-F

Answer: (A)

Double-starred criteria mark the items in the assessment that require immediate action during the initial survey. They flag the highest-priority elements that must be evaluated and addressed right away to stabilize the patient.

In this framework, the urgent items are arranged from the first category through the fifth category. The correct range is therefore the set that starts with the first and ends with the fifth, inclusive, because it captures every element deemed urgent. Anything that starts later or ends earlier would miss part of the truly time-sensitive criteria and wouldn’t reflect the full scope of immediate priorities.

So, the double-starred criteria encompass the first through the fifth categories, not beyond.