Triage described

The potential sources of the compounds that are evaluated in a hit triage process are described in other chapters in this volume. These sources may include a high throughput screen (HTS) of a diverse compound collection, a targeted screen of... 

Describe the differences among daily hospital triage, mass casualty incident triage, disaster triage, tactical-military triage, and special conditions (hazmat) triage. 

Differentiate between the START, JUMPSTART and START-SAVE disaster triage systems and describe the indications for each model. 

Describe the state of the science that supports the use of current triage systems. 

The SAVE triage was developed to direct limited resources to the subgroup of patients expected to benefit most from their use. The SAVE assesses survivability of patients with various injuries and, on the basis of trauma statistics, uses this information to describe the relationship between expected benefits and resources consumed. Because early transport to an intact medical system is unavailable, this information guides treatment priorities in the field to a level beyond the scope of the START methodology (Benson et al., 1996). 

Hogan and Lairet (2002) describe the following principles of successful disaster triage that they have derived... 

Describe the basic elements of a disaster triage tag. What do the colors red, yellow, green, and black signify List types of problems for each category. 

Locate the Web site for the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense. Locate the TLiage of Chemical Casualties chapter. Describe each of the triage categories and how they would be used in a mass chemical exposure event. 

Describe accepted triage principles specific to mass casualty incidents. 

The refolding and degradation of proteins and the role of chaperones and proteases in protein folding are ana-lyzed. The triage model describes the quality control mechanism within the human body. The mechanism describes the fate of an unfolded protein, which may fold either to the native state or form the aggregate. The protein that tends to misfold may bind with the chaperone. This undergoes protein remodeling and is mixed with the pool of unfolded and misfolded proteins as shown in Fig. 5. 

This chapter will discuss the role of CTA in the diagnosis and triage of acute stroke patients. First, the general principles of helical CT scanning will be reviewed, including image acquisition and reconstruction techniques. The stroke CTA protocol will then be described, followed by specific issues regarding the accuracy and clinical utility of stroke CTA. 

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