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Mass Casualty Triage

Mass Casualty Triage. By, Megan Mills Per.3 Communications 1010. Mass Casualty Triage Scene. Scenario. School bus accident You and one other person are first on scene 23 passengers Multiple injuries. School Bus Accident. What would you do?. World-wide system

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Mass Casualty Triage

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  1. Mass Casualty Triage By, Megan Mills Per.3 Communications 1010 Mass Casualty Triage Scene

  2. Scenario • School bus accident • You and one other person are first on scene • 23 passengers • Multiple injuries School Bus Accident What would you do?

  3. World-wide system • Most severe to least severe • Several Methods • Hospitals/Mass casualty incidents • Limited resources • Optimum lives Color-coded Triage Tags What is Triage?

  4. Who gets immediate medical treatment? • Who gets delayed medical treatment? • Who dies? • Real life application Points to cover Goal for Triage

  5. Critical patient Life Threatening Conditions • Extreme irregular breathing • Head injuries • Excessive bleeding • Severe burns • Internal Injuries • Extreme low blood pressure • Abnormal heart rate • Poisoning • Conscious/Unconscious • Survival? • First Transport Priority Immediate Medical Treatment (Robert D. Amick and TASCPEU)

  6. Moderate to Serious Minor “Walking Wounded” Minimal injuries May provide assistance Medical personnel treated first Hot Zone Treatment After Critical/Serious Dismissal Patients • Less Severe than Immediate Patients • Irregular breathing • Moderate bleeding • Moderate burns • Fractures • Conscious • Hot Zone • “Golden Hour” • Re-triage Hot Zone Delayed Medical Treatment(Robert D. Amick, TASCPEU, and Katherine Zhou)

  7. Dead Dying Potentially Fatal Injuries Won’t Survive No Treatment Before Critical/Serious Limited Resources Optimum Lives • No Pulse • Not Breathing • No Treatment • No CPR • Limited Resources • Optimum Lives Who Dies?(Robert D. Amick)

  8. Boston Marathon Bombing • 144 injured • 3 Dead • 17 Critical • 25 Serious • Without Triage? Boston Marathon Bombing Victims Real Life Application(Levs and Plott)

  9. Used all around the world Immediate Delayed Dead/Dying Saves max amount of lives w/ limited resources Wrap It All Up!

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