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MCI Treatment Tag Overview

MCI Treatment Tag Overview. Presented by: King County EMS. Objectives. Notification of a new designed tag Identify the differences on the tag Removal of all other tags in your system Review the distribution process. Why are we changing?. IMPROVE CONSISTENCY:

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MCI Treatment Tag Overview

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  1. MCI Treatment Tag Overview Presented by: King County EMS

  2. Objectives • Notification of a new designed tag • Identify the differences on the tag • Removal of all other tags in your system • Review the distribution process

  3. Why are we changing? • IMPROVE CONSISTENCY: • One style tag for every agency. • Greater familiarization in a large scale incident. • Eliminate multiple styles of tags in the system.

  4. Who has supported and approved the change? • King County Fire Chiefs • Seattle Fire Department • NW regional pre-hospital trauma committee • Dr. Copass HMC/Seattle Medic One • King County EMS • All King County Zones 1-5 ALS Reps

  5. FRONT side of the new tag • Top part of tag stays with patient to the hospital. • The bottom gets torn off and held at the transport area.

  6. FRONT side of the new tag • Patient info gets filled out on both top and bottom.

  7. FRONT side of the new tag • “Write in the rain” paper

  8. FRONT side of the new tag • Hole to run triage tape through and/or mark RED-YELLOW-GREEN

  9. FRONT side of the new tag • Sequential patient numbering

  10. FRONT side of the new tag • Optional patient numbering

  11. BACK side of the new tag • Refers to Mass Gross decon • Name or number of the bus, train, airplane • Name of agent, if possible

  12. BACK side of the new tag • LOC Information • Glasgow Coma Scale • 2 sets of vital signs

  13. BACK side of the new tag • Patient Information • Destination hospital • Time left Transport Area

  14. Tag Use • Options to numbering patients: • Write your own patient numbering • Use the red sequential numbering 2. IC or the Medical Group needs to establish what numbering system should be used for the incident. 3. Tag number gets filled out at the funnel point. 4. Tag gets attached to patient using the colored triage tape.

  15. Distribution Process • King County EMS will be the lead agency to provide treatment tags for all departments. • Each agency will be provided an initial amount of tags to use. • Additional replacement tags are to be requested through King County EMS.

  16. Additional Requests • Please remove all tags currently being used at your agency once the new tags arrive. • This new tag is the only approved treatment tag for King County. • Thank you for your time and effort to help improve our MCI system.

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