Triage principles

Describe accepted triage principles specific to mass casualty incidents. 

In a hit triage decision making process that blends the use of experimental data with expected general property trends and principles, there are situations where it is not feasible to obtain sufficient data to identify experimentally property trends for ADME or safety endpoints (either due to a small number of hit compounds in a series, or due to limited experimental capacity). Computational models for these parameters may provide some useful information when integrated with other known information [101],... 

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

Auf der Heide, E. (2000). Triage. In Disaster response Principles of preparation and coordination. St. Louis, MO CV Mosby. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http //orgmail2.coe-dmha.org/... 

Emergency response systems and health care facilities will need to respond to terrorist chemical attacks in a similar manner as an incident involving hazardous materials. The same principles regarding triage, decontamination, and the allocation of resources in... 

Conduct research on the principles of triaging— especially the psychological impact on nurses during a mass casuaity event. 

Figure 1. The principles of triage in the EMT point and Field hospital for nerve agent casualties which used in the ASSISTEX-I...

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. 

Triage of casualties of chemical agents is based on the same principles as the triage of conventional casualties. The triage officer tries to provide immediate care to those who need it to survive he sets aside temporarily or delays treatment of those who... 

Triage for chemical casualties follows similar principles as stated by general MIMMS guidance and should initially take place at the scene of the incident in order that the most serious casualties are decontaminated first so that clinical management can be initiated. 

---