Which principle relates to providing care at the right time to minimize morbidity and mortality?

• A. Mobility
• B. Conformity
• C. Proximity
• D. Continuity

Answer: (C)

Delivering care as close to the casualty as possible to minimize delay is the central idea. When medical support is near the scene or the point of injury, life-saving interventions—such as stopping bleeding, securing the airway, and rapid stabilization—happen sooner, which directly reduces the time to treatment and lowers the chances of deterioration, morbidity, and death. Mobility would focus on moving patients, not on timing of care. Conformity deals with standard practices, and continuity concerns ongoing care across providers, but neither directly emphasizes delivering timely care at or near the injury site like proximity does.