Mass casualty management
Mass casualty management
Mass casualty management
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TRIAGE<br />
• Technique for assigning priorities for<br />
treatment of the injured when the resources<br />
are limited (Surgeon general D. Larrey, 1766-1842)<br />
• START system : for first responders<br />
– Binary sort : severely injured and the others<br />
• Mettag tags : for medical teams<br />
– Categorization into groups,<br />
according with the emergency to treat,<br />
i.e. to evacuate to the appropriate facility
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