Help?

[ithildin]

Would anyone be up to answering some medical type questions? It's for future fic, the story after the one I'm posting today. Unlike the writers of Grey's Anatomy and House, I don't have staff medical writers [g] But I have you!


1: There's been a major earthquake and buildings have fallen on top of people. What are some of the technical terms for the sorts of crush injuries that would occur?

2: In a triage situation, I know they use different coloured tags on patients to designate who gets treated and in what order, and some people who are too hurt to be treated at all. What are the different levels and tag colours?

3: Anything else I should keep in mind?


Thank you!

Comments

Triage tags

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

The triage designation is based on a color system. You place a triage tag on each victim and tear off the colors until the color at the bottom matches the victim’s classification.

The person doing the initial START triage does NOT fill out the tag. Rather, he/she only tears off the color-strip and attaches the tag to the patient. We suggest that that person also write the time and initial the tag.

The actual filling-in-the-blanks of the tag happens either in the treatment area, or in the ambulance, by the 2nd stage personnel. Tag colors are as follows:

Black – deceased
Red – immediate
Yellow – delayed
Green – minor

From http://www.citmt.org/start/tag.htm

Re: Triage tags

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information!