Executive Summary - Fss.aero

9.3 Standardization of Injury Identification cards and their uses
9.3.1 Color and identifying marks shall be used to distinguish the cards from one
another. This may improved the care given to the victims as well as shorten
the length of time before the victims are sent to the hospitals.
9.3.2 The identification card should be water proof and protected from the
elements of the weather:
1 st level or immediate care: red, roman numeral I, and the mark of a
rabbit.
2 nd level or delay care: yellow, Roman numeral II, and the mark of a
turtle.
3 rd level or slightly injured: green, Roman numeral III, and the
ambulance has an X mark.
4 th level or casualty: black
9.3.3 If there are no identification cards, Roman numerals may be written on
tapes or directly on the forehead or skin of the injured to signify priority
level or how to deal with the person. If there are no markers, lip balms may
also be used.
9.4 Principles of Care
9.4.1 Patients whose conditions are serious need ot be stabilized on site and then
transported to the hospital within the shortest time possible.
9.4.2 Firefighters or the first batch of personnel on the scene should understand
that people in serious conditions needs to be stabilized first. Other situation
such as the control or prevention of fire should not be the primary focus.
Firefighting personnel should listen to the instructions from personnel
trained in first aid. The first ambulance to arrive at the scene should have
equipment for dealing with injuries, such as : trachea tube, bandages,
oxygen tanks, and others to stabilize the conditions of the patients with
external injuries as well as to provide rescuers with adequate oxygen.
Particular attention must be given to risks posed by clothing, which have
flammable oil as other flammable liquids, which may come in contact with
the oxygen.
9.4.3 To stabilize the conditions the first few minutes before more professional
people arrive to deal with them or until the special external injury team
arrives, where they can proceed with more complicated procedures like
CPR.
9.4.4 The categorization of injuries, as well as supplementary emergency methods,
must be implemented by a medical coordinator. However, prior to the
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