A nurse is assisting first responders during a mass casualty incident involving a bus rollover in an isolated rural community. Using the colour triage codes outlined in the START algorithm, place the following casualties in order of highest to lowest priority:
a. A 38-year-old female who is obese and dyspneic and has an upper thigh deformity
b. A 40-year-old male, minimally responsive, with shallow respirations, bleeding from the mouth
c. An older adult female, unresponsive, with a large scalp wound and a large amount of blood noted
d. A 14-year-old female, screaming, with lower back pain
e. An 8-year-old male, crying, with bloody gauze to the forehead
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