TRIAGE

Triage is a French term meaning "to sort."

This will be part of your mission during the first aid rodeo in January with multiple victims.

During triage, victims are evaluated, sorted by the urgency of the treatment needed, and set up for immediate and delayed treatment. Typical time is about 20 seconds per patient. This is extremely important the more victims are present. Car crash with multiple vehicles and multiple passengers per car.

During triage, victims' conditions are evaluated and the victims are prioritized and labeled (tagged) into three categories:

• (I) immediate: the victim has one of the three killers and needs help now.
• (D) delayed: the victims injuries do not at this time jeopardize their life.
• (M) morgue: the victim is already beyond your capability to help.
  

If more help has arrived you can have them transport the "tagged" victims to staging areas where they will receive additional treatment. You will need an area for all three types of tags. Evaluate your surroundings and look for places that would make sense. Immediate staging area will need to be were Emergency Medical people have the best access. Keep it simple but there are a lot of things to think about. It all goes back to situational awareness.