Mass casualty Flashcards
What is the first priority at a mass casualty scene?
Your own safety
Who tends to be in control of scene at a mass casualty scene?
Fire crew
Who controls access to the scene at a mass casualty scene?
Police - provide safe cordon
What are the main categories of triage?
- Immediate
- Delayed
- Minimal
- Expectant
What is meant by the triage category immediate?
Require attention within minutes to 2 hours to avoid death or major disability
What is meant by the triage category classed as delayed?
Wounded, but whose general condition is stable to allow delay in treatment without endangering life, limb or eyesight
What is meant by the triage category minimal?
Minor injuries who can effectively care for themselves with minimal medical care
What is meant by the triage category expectant?
These have injuries such as cardiac arrest, resp. arrest or continued seizures that can overwhelm the medical services. The category may be invoked for usage if resources are overwhelmed and resources should not be expended on this category if there are a larger number of ther casualties requiring care
What is the start seive?
Divides casualties into 4 categories - dead, priority 1, 2 and 3
If someone was waling and injured, what category would they be?
Priority 3 - delayed
If someone was walking and not injured, what category would they fall into?
Minimal - head to survivor reception centre
If someone was not breathing after opening their airway, what category would they be classed as?
Dead
If you came across someone who was not breathing in a mass casualty situation, what would you do?
Open airway and reassess if breathing
If someone, after opening their airway, began breathing after having previously not been breathing, what category would they be classed as?
Priority 1 - immediate
If someone was breathing and had a resp. rate of 9 or less, what category would you class them as?
Priority 1 - immediate
If someone had a resp. rate of 30 or more, what category would you class them as?
Priority 1 - immediate
If you found someone in a mass casualty situation who was breathing and had a resp rate between 10 and 29, what would you do next?
Assess pulse rate
If you found someone in a mass casualty situation who had a resp rate of 20 and a pulse rate greater than 120, what category would you class them as?
Priority 1 - Immediate
If you found someone in a mass casualty situation who had a resp rate of 20 and a pulse <120 bpm, what category would you class them as?
Priority 2 - Urgent
How are priorities for evacuation set?
Based on triage sort
- Deceased - leave
- Priority 1 - ASAP
- Priority 2 - After all immediate
- Priority 3 - after all immediate hav ebeen evacuated
What are the components of the triage sort?
Score calculated from following criteria (see diagram)
- GCS
- Resp rate
- Systolic BP
