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(Based on the START system). Simplified Triage for the Volunteer Responder. Updated November 14, 2011. What is Triage?. Triage is a process for determining the priority of patients This is done in situations were the amount of patients is great than the amount of responders.
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(Based on the START system) Simplified Triage for the Volunteer Responder Updated November 14, 2011
What is Triage? • Triage is a process for determining the priority of patients • This is done in situations were the amount of patients is great than the amount of responders.
Multiple Victims • Decide who needs care and who can wait • Triage systems classify victims into four categories • 1st priority (critical) • 2nd priority (serious) • 3rd priority (stable) • 4th priority (obviously dead)
Triage Process • Call EMS immediately • Ask who can walk and ask them to move to one side (3rd priority) • Assess remaining victims in less than 1 minute • Check for responsiveness, breathing, severe bleeding • Do not start care for anyone until you have checked all • If victim’s condition changes, may have to change priority
Triage Classification • Go in order of this card from top to bottom. • Assess • Treat • Find color • Stop • Tag • Move on
Triage Tags • When determining a patients condition the person is given a colored tag correlating with the state of condition they are in. • We will be treating in the color order Red, Yellow, Green, then Black.
Triage Continuing • After everybody is tagged, begin treating the 1st priority/red patients. • As the 1st priorities start to go away or stabilized then move some recourses to the 2nd priority/yellow patients.
1st Priority Triage (Red) • Victims with life-threatening injuries who cannot wait for help • Airway or breathing problems • Severe bleeding • Shock • Severe burn
2nd Priority Triage (Yellow) • Victims with injuries that need care soon but may be able to wait • Burns • Broken bones • Other injuries that are not severely bleeding
3rd Priority Triage (Green) • Victims who can wait for some time • Minor injuries • Victims who can walk
4th Priority Triage (Black) • Victims who probably can’t be saved • No signs of life