Transcript Chapter 49 Multiple Casualty Incidents 49-1

Chapter 49
Multiple Casualty
Incidents
Copyright (c) The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.
49-1
Objectives
49-2
Multiple Casualty Incidents (MCI)
• Any event that places a great demand on
resources—equipment, personnel, or both
• There is no set number of patients that
defines an MCI
49-3
Triage
• Sorting multiple victims into priorities for
emergency medical care or transportation to
definitive care
49-4
START Triage System
Four assessment areas:
• Ability to walk
(ambulation)
• Respirations
• Perfusion
• Mental status
Four categories:
• Red – immediate treatment
• Yellow – delayed treatment
• Green – minor (ambulatory
patients; the “walking
wounded”)
• Black – dead or dying
49-5
JumpSTART Triage
• Modified START system for use with children
49-6
Questions?
49-7