EMS: Start Triage

Walking wounded

• when in a pinch, can be considered a resource
• When transported, should go to the furthest facility feasable
• Are stable with minor injuries
• All of the above are totally on point

Green tag patients

• Able to walk. No significant injuries
• No breathing
• Respiratory rate >30 
• Spontaneously breathing with airway positioning

24 year old male breathing 29 / min with partial thickness burns on one arm and one leg. Unable to walk under own power

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green

Initially apnea but when you opened his airway he began breathing on his own

• Green

• Yellow

• Black

• Red

No breathing. No pulse.

• Red
• White
• Yellow
• Black

A patient initially triaged as green can end up a red tag.

• True

• False

Arguably the most important part of any incident management plan

• Good Communications
• Command structure
• Pre-plans
• Chief Arrive On Scene (CHAOS theory)

Which of the following is not a part of the START System?

• Can get up and walk

• Open airway; respirations under 30

• Radial Pulse

• Follows commands

A patient with the category "delayed" will always be considered "delayed" once they have been moved to the secondary triage unit.

• True

• False

Using the JumpSTART System to triage pediatrics, once you have opened up their airway and they remain apneic, they are deemed deceased.

• True

• False