Triaging Flashcards
MCI
Mass Casualty Incident
a lot of people victimized by good disaster
Mass Casualty Incident
Triage (4 rights)
Process of which places the right patient in the right place at the right time to receive the right level of care
Triage
the cornerstone of good disaster management in terms of judicious use of resources
Triage
● Process of prioritizing which patients are to be treated first
Conceptual Categories change depending the _____
venue
○ every day prioritization of patients in the emergency department
● HOSPITAL DAILY TRIAGE
○ when the ED is stressed by a large number of patients but is still able to provide care to all victims
● INCIDENT TRIAGE
○ employed when local emergency services are overwhelmed to the point that immediate care cannot be provided to everyone who needs it
● DISASTER TRIAGE
○ similar to disaster triage,
● TACTICAL MILITARY TRIAGE
military mission objectives rather than traditional civilian guidelines drive the triage and transport decisions
● TACTICAL MILITARY TRIAGE
doing the greatest good for the greatest number
Disaster Triage
Who will you help first the person needing BLS or the person penetrated by a poll? (outside)
BLS
Who will you help first the person needing BLS or the person penetrated by a poll? (inside)
BLS
Who will you help first the person who can’t walk but has no fatal wound or the person needing BLS? (outside)
Cant walk
Who will you help first the person who can’t walk but has no fatal wound or the person needing BLS? (inside)
BLS
4 Types of Conceptual Categories
● HOSPITAL DAILY TRIAGE
● INCIDENT TRIAGE
● DISASTER TRIAGE
● TACTICAL MILITARY TRIAGE
2 types of triage
● PRIMARY
● SECONDARY
○ On scene prior to rescue and transfer
● PRIMARY
○ Incident dependent either prior to, during or upon arrival to hospital
● SECONDARY
Critical-life threatening
EMERGENT
RED
Major illness/injury- tx within 20 mins-2 hours
URGENT
YELLOW
Minor injuries; walking wounded- tx may be delayed 2 hours or more
NONURGENT/ walking wounded/ minor
GREEN
Dead or expected to die
EXPECTANT
BLACK
Compromised airway, shock, hemorrhage
EMERGENT
RED