Triage
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Practical takeaways from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting for initial treatment and safe transportation
鈥淚nstead of responding to the majority of 999 calls we receive every day, we want to flip that so we only go to those patients who really, really need a double staffed paramedic emergency ambulance quickly.鈥�
Military training incorporated into a prehospital setting helps EMS providers make complex decisions when responding to tactical incidents
Van ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of a highway, and landed in a canal
At least 30 people injured in collision that derailed three of the train鈥檚 passenger cars
EMS providers to enter the warm zone with law enforcement to reach victims in need of lifesaving treatments
The accident involved one larger boat and two 鈥渙pen-fisherman-style鈥� boats, but it鈥檚 unclear exactly how the crash happened
Triage is a cold and calculating decision; to make the correct decision, you have to subvert a bit of your humanity.
One car was under the tractor trailer and six others were piled up behind with people in various forms of injury, inside and outside of their vehicles
The high school students were on a college tour; some escaped through a window before the bus burst into flames, and responders set up a triage scene for at least 36 injured
Mark Bonawitz鈥檚 system of color-coded tags to prioritize treatment became a nationwide program in the 1980鈥檚; the Miami FD veteran died of lung cancer at 74
At the 2014 NAEMSP annual conference, emergency medicine physicians shared the value of 鈥榳orst-case scenario鈥� planning
Mass fatality tragedies like the 2012 school shooting Conn. can happen anywhere, so we must be prepared
Is it true that for major MCIs, policy goes out the window?
Regular drills, like 鈥楾riage Tuesdays,鈥� enhance training for emergency providers
The CDC鈥檚 Guideline for Field Triage of Injured Patients can ensure patients receive the optimal level of care for injures
Determining what鈥檚 essential for incident management, triage and mass casualty response training
EMS providers can determine severity of injury with more than just MOI during trauma triage
I鈥檝e been to several MCIs that in retrospect were managed poorly, but here鈥檚 what I鈥檝e learned from experience
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