Chapter 30 Terms Flashcards
Deceased/non-salvageable/expectant
Black
A triage category of those involved in a multiple-casualty incident (MCI) who are obviously dead or who have suffered non-life-sustaining injuries.
Delayed care
Yellow
A triage category of those involved in an MCI with an injury, but whose chances of survival will not be reduced by a delay.
Immediate care
Red
A triage category of those involved in an MCI whose needs require life-saving care.
Incident command system (ICS)
A standardized, on-scene, all-hazards incident management approach that allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
Enables coordinated response among various jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private, and established common processes do planning and managing resources.
Multiple/mass-casualty incident (MCI)
A incident that generates more patients than available resources can manage using routine procedures.
National Response Framework (NRF)
The guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies (from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe). The framework established a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response.
Simple Triage and Rapid Transport (START)
A method of triage that allows quick assessment and prioritization of injured people.
Triage
A method of sorting patients into categories based on the urgency of their need for care.
Triage tags
A system of identifying patients during an MCI; different colored tags signify different levels of urgency for tags.
Walking wounded
Green
A triage category of those involved in an MCI who are able to walk by themselves to a designated area to await care.
