What are the triage categories during a mass casualty incident?

RED: (Immediate) severe injuries but high potential for survival with treatment; taken to collection point first. YELLOW: (Delayed) serious injuries but not immediately life-threatening. GREEN: (Walking wounded) minor injuries.

What is casualty triage?

In mass casualty situations, triage is used to decide who is most urgently in need of transportation to a hospital for care (generally, those who have a chance of survival but who would die without immediate treatment) and whose injuries are less severe and must wait for medical care.

How is START triage used in mass casualty?

1) Define triage and mass casualty 2) Review the dynamics of START triage 3) Review use of the SMART tagging system 5) Demonstrate competency in the START triage method in a variety of scenarios 6) Demonstrate competency in the SMART triage tag and JumpStart. Mass Casualty Events

How are the tags used in medical triage?

This advanced triage system involves a color-coding scheme using red, yellow, green, white, and black tags: Red tags – (immediate) are used to label those who cannot survive without immediate treatment but who have a chance of survival.

When to tag Red in a mass casualty incident?

If the patient is breathing and has normal perfusion but is unconscious or can’t follow your commands, tag red. If they can follow commands, tag yellow if they can’t get up or green if they can. Remember that, as a consequence of the explosion, some victims may not be able to hear you well.

Is it possible to triage patients after mass violence?

Unfortunately—especially in mass violence incidents involving patients with time- critical injuries and ongoing threats to responders and patients—this model may not be feasible and may result in mis-triage and avoidable, outcome-altering delays in care.