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Objectives. 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.
All Risk® Triage Tag, With Patient Wristband. Optimized for use as a secondary assessment and patient tracking tool, the All Risk® Triage Tag provides treatment personnel the ability to document patient condition and care while awaiting transport. The enhanced transportation receipt, when used with the receipt holder, streamlines ambulance ...
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Disaster Triage Color Tags. There are four colors and a wounded individual will be tagged one color based on their health status. The four colors include: Red. Yellow. Green. Black. To help you keep the meaning of the tag colors red, yellow, and green separated, think of a traffic light and what you do at the traffic light when it turns certain ...
Triage tags are a vital tool for any and all first-arriving personnel because they help ensure life saving resources are quickly, effectively and efficiently distributed while providing the necessary immediate care for critical victims until more help, resources, or medical staff arrives. • Triage Tags allow victims to receive prompt medical ...
May 26, 2010 · Additionally, some triage tags have different ways of indicating whether patients were decontaminated, so hospital personnel need to be familiar with the tag you use in your area.
Disaster and Mass Casualty Triage. The World Health Organization defines an event as a disaster when “normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of suffering exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community to respond to it.”. In any given year, more than 100,000 people are killed in natural disasters around the globe ...
