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How to save a life…
OFF TO A GOOD S.T.A.R.T.
   Trauma Triage and Mass Casualty
              Incidents
               Veronica Bonales, M.D.
         RMH PreHospital Care Medical Director
           HCEMCC Paramedic Coordinator
Mass Casualty Incident


Any incident that overwhelms the available resources

  9/11

  Two person EMS crew arriving at scene with three victims
Mass Casualty Incident


First unit on scene declares MCI

When additional units start en route, first unit starts triage

Usually involves setting up an Incident Command System

Triage, Treatment, Transport
Mass Casualty Incident

Triage everyone according to
START

Treatment of manageable
injuries

Transport in order of priority
and for definitive care
- Assess and control the accident scene
- Tamponade external hemorrhage with direct pressure
        - Protect the spine after blunt trauma
               - Extricate the patient
             - Supplement inspired O2
           - Stabilize long bone fractures
S.T.A.R.T.

Simple

Triage

And

Rapid

Treatment/Transport
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
Triage Principles

  Triage – Fr. trier = to sort
Triage Principles

                 Triage – Fr. trier = to sort


Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps
 and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war
                         casualties
Triage Principles

                 Triage – Fr. trier = to sort


Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps
 and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war
                         casualties
- he picked up the war wounded that could be saved by quick
                intervention (ie. amputation)
Triage Principles

                 Triage – Fr. trier = to sort


Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps
 and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war
                         casualties
- he picked up the war wounded that could be saved by quick
                intervention (ie. amputation)
 - other surgeons quickly bandaged those that could go back
                          and fight
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
      Civil War:
Triage Principles
                      Civil War:
Formal establishment of military field ambulance service
Triage Principles
                         Civil War:
  Formal establishment of military field ambulance service
Surgeons continued the practice of collecting those who could
       benefit from immediate medical intervention
Triage Principles
Triage Principles




                     WWI and WWII
   Increased use of field medics and the “buddy system”
                Increased use of antibiotics
Aid stations and surgical hospitals moved closer to the front
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
                      Korean War
MASH units and helicopters helped to further decrease the
            number of battlefield casualties
 This was further improved upon in the Vietnam conflict
     where death rates decreased from 30% to 24%
      Afghan and Iraq war casualty rates now 10%
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
Triage Principles
Triage Principles

START Triage
  Team of two can assess an average of one patient every 30
 seconds.
  40 casualties, two triage teams will take approximately 10
 minutes to accurately assess
  Only treatment rendered by the triage team
    open a patient’s airway
      by head tilt /neck lift
      by insertion of an OPA
    apply direct pressure to stop an obvious bleed or by
   elevating the extremities.
Triage Principles



START by those who STARTed it…
START Triage
START Triage
START Triage
START Triage
START Triage
Assess, Treat, (use bystanders)
                      When you have a color
                     STOP - TAG - MOVE ON

                            Move Walking Wounded

                             NO RESPIRATIONS after head tilt*

                                   Breathing but UNCONSCIOUS

                                    Perfusion Capillary refill > 2
                                        or NO RADIAL PULSE
                                          Control bleeding


minor decease             Mental Status Unable to follow simple commands

         d    immedi
                ate
                                                 Otherwise

                       delaye
                         d
                                                REMEMBER:
                                             Respirations < 30
                                               Perfusion < 2
                                           Mental Status - Can Do
Triage Principles

· Evaluate patient using START
· Tear off the bottom of the tag
· Tear off a tracking slip and place it in the kit
· Attach tag to the patient with a tie
· Give tracking slips to the Triage Officer
Triage Principles
A lot of GREEN helps… but goes fast.
Triage Principles


Be like Visine…
… Get the Red OUT!
Triage Principles
Don’t let YELLOW mellow… re-assess!!
Triage Principles

IMMEDIATE-by-mechanism
  Depending on their injury
  Age
  Medical history
Triage Principles


16 year old with    17 year old with   35 year old with   47 year old with
bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous     foreign body       open tib-fib
                    respirations or                       fracture
                    pulse
Triage Principles


16 year old with    17 year old with   35 year old with   47 year old with
bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous     foreign body       open tib-fib
                    respirations or                       fracture
                    pulse
Triage Principles


16 year old with    17 year old with   35 year old with   47 year old with
bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous     foreign body       open tib-fib
                    respirations or                       fracture
                    pulse
Triage Principles


16 year old with    17 year old with   35 year old with   47 year old with
bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous     foreign body       open tib-fib
                    respirations or                       fracture
                    pulse
Triage Principles


16 year old with    17 year old with   35 year old with   47 year old with
bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous     foreign body       open tib-fib
                    respirations or                       fracture
                    pulse
Triage Principles


30 year old with   5 year old who   24 year old with   38 year old with
dislocated ankle   seems confused   broken finger       no heartbeat and
                   and won’t talk                      no spontaneous
                                                       respirations
Triage Principles


30 year old with   5 year old who   24 year old with   38 year old with
dislocated ankle   seems confused   broken finger       no heartbeat and
                   and won’t talk                      no spontaneous
                                                       respirations
Triage Principles


30 year old with   5 year old who   24 year old with   38 year old with
dislocated ankle   seems confused   broken finger       no heartbeat and
                   and won’t talk                      no spontaneous
                                                       respirations
Triage Principles


30 year old with   5 year old who   24 year old with   38 year old with
dislocated ankle   seems confused   broken finger       no heartbeat and
                   and won’t talk                      no spontaneous
                                                       respirations
Triage Principles


30 year old with   5 year old who   24 year old with   38 year old with
dislocated ankle   seems confused   broken finger       no heartbeat and
                   and won’t talk                      no spontaneous
                                                       respirations
Triage Principles


19 year old with    29 year old with     7 year old with no 36 year old with
burns to soles of   no visibile injuries pulses and no      penetrating
feet                                     spontaneous        trauma and a
                                         breaths after 2    swelling belly
                                         rescue breaths
Triage Principles


19 year old with    29 year old with     7 year old with no 36 year old with
burns to soles of   no visibile injuries pulses and no      penetrating
feet                                     spontaneous        trauma and a
                                         breaths after 2    swelling belly
                                         rescue breaths
Triage Principles


19 year old with    29 year old with     7 year old with no 36 year old with
burns to soles of   no visibile injuries pulses and no      penetrating
feet                                     spontaneous        trauma and a
                                         breaths after 2    swelling belly
                                         rescue breaths
Triage Principles


19 year old with    29 year old with     7 year old with no 36 year old with
burns to soles of   no visibile injuries pulses and no      penetrating
feet                                     spontaneous        trauma and a
                                         breaths after 2    swelling belly
                                         rescue breaths
Triage Principles


19 year old with    29 year old with     7 year old with no 36 year old with
burns to soles of   no visibile injuries pulses and no      penetrating
feet                                     spontaneous        trauma and a
                                         breaths after 2    swelling belly
                                         rescue breaths
Assess, Treat, (use bystanders)
                      When you have a color
                     STOP - TAG - MOVE ON

                            Move Walking Wounded

                             NO RESPIRATIONS after head tilt*

                                   Breathing but UNCONSCIOUS

                                    Perfusion Capillary refill > 2
                                        or NO RADIAL PULSE
                                          Control bleeding


minor decease             Mental Status Unable to follow simple commands

         d    immedi
                ate
                                                 Otherwise

                       delaye
                         d
                                                REMEMBER:
                                             Respirations < 30
                                               Perfusion < 2
                                           Mental Status - Can Do
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FCA 0912 MCI's and START

  • 1. How to save a life…
  • 2. OFF TO A GOOD S.T.A.R.T. Trauma Triage and Mass Casualty Incidents Veronica Bonales, M.D. RMH PreHospital Care Medical Director HCEMCC Paramedic Coordinator
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. Mass Casualty Incident Any incident that overwhelms the available resources 9/11 Two person EMS crew arriving at scene with three victims
  • 6. Mass Casualty Incident First unit on scene declares MCI When additional units start en route, first unit starts triage Usually involves setting up an Incident Command System Triage, Treatment, Transport
  • 7. Mass Casualty Incident Triage everyone according to START Treatment of manageable injuries Transport in order of priority and for definitive care
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. - Assess and control the accident scene - Tamponade external hemorrhage with direct pressure - Protect the spine after blunt trauma - Extricate the patient - Supplement inspired O2 - Stabilize long bone fractures
  • 16. Triage Principles Triage – Fr. trier = to sort
  • 17. Triage Principles Triage – Fr. trier = to sort Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war casualties
  • 18. Triage Principles Triage – Fr. trier = to sort Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war casualties - he picked up the war wounded that could be saved by quick intervention (ie. amputation)
  • 19. Triage Principles Triage – Fr. trier = to sort Napoleon’s surgeon Larrey established the ambulance corps and a method of setting priorities for the evacuation of war casualties - he picked up the war wounded that could be saved by quick intervention (ie. amputation) - other surgeons quickly bandaged those that could go back and fight
  • 21. Triage Principles Civil War:
  • 22. Triage Principles Civil War: Formal establishment of military field ambulance service
  • 23. Triage Principles Civil War: Formal establishment of military field ambulance service Surgeons continued the practice of collecting those who could benefit from immediate medical intervention
  • 25. Triage Principles WWI and WWII Increased use of field medics and the “buddy system” Increased use of antibiotics Aid stations and surgical hospitals moved closer to the front
  • 27. Triage Principles Korean War MASH units and helicopters helped to further decrease the number of battlefield casualties This was further improved upon in the Vietnam conflict where death rates decreased from 30% to 24% Afghan and Iraq war casualty rates now 10%
  • 33. Triage Principles START Triage Team of two can assess an average of one patient every 30 seconds. 40 casualties, two triage teams will take approximately 10 minutes to accurately assess Only treatment rendered by the triage team open a patient’s airway by head tilt /neck lift by insertion of an OPA apply direct pressure to stop an obvious bleed or by elevating the extremities.
  • 34. Triage Principles START by those who STARTed it…
  • 40. Assess, Treat, (use bystanders) When you have a color STOP - TAG - MOVE ON Move Walking Wounded NO RESPIRATIONS after head tilt* Breathing but UNCONSCIOUS Perfusion Capillary refill > 2 or NO RADIAL PULSE Control bleeding minor decease Mental Status Unable to follow simple commands d immedi ate Otherwise delaye d REMEMBER: Respirations < 30 Perfusion < 2 Mental Status - Can Do
  • 41.
  • 42. Triage Principles · Evaluate patient using START · Tear off the bottom of the tag · Tear off a tracking slip and place it in the kit · Attach tag to the patient with a tie · Give tracking slips to the Triage Officer
  • 43. Triage Principles A lot of GREEN helps… but goes fast.
  • 44. Triage Principles Be like Visine… … Get the Red OUT!
  • 45. Triage Principles Don’t let YELLOW mellow… re-assess!!
  • 46. Triage Principles IMMEDIATE-by-mechanism Depending on their injury Age Medical history
  • 47. Triage Principles 16 year old with 17 year old with 35 year old with 47 year old with bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous foreign body open tib-fib respirations or fracture pulse
  • 48. Triage Principles 16 year old with 17 year old with 35 year old with 47 year old with bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous foreign body open tib-fib respirations or fracture pulse
  • 49. Triage Principles 16 year old with 17 year old with 35 year old with 47 year old with bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous foreign body open tib-fib respirations or fracture pulse
  • 50. Triage Principles 16 year old with 17 year old with 35 year old with 47 year old with bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous foreign body open tib-fib respirations or fracture pulse
  • 51. Triage Principles 16 year old with 17 year old with 35 year old with 47 year old with bleeding scalp lac. no spontaneous foreign body open tib-fib respirations or fracture pulse
  • 52. Triage Principles 30 year old with 5 year old who 24 year old with 38 year old with dislocated ankle seems confused broken finger no heartbeat and and won’t talk no spontaneous respirations
  • 53. Triage Principles 30 year old with 5 year old who 24 year old with 38 year old with dislocated ankle seems confused broken finger no heartbeat and and won’t talk no spontaneous respirations
  • 54. Triage Principles 30 year old with 5 year old who 24 year old with 38 year old with dislocated ankle seems confused broken finger no heartbeat and and won’t talk no spontaneous respirations
  • 55. Triage Principles 30 year old with 5 year old who 24 year old with 38 year old with dislocated ankle seems confused broken finger no heartbeat and and won’t talk no spontaneous respirations
  • 56. Triage Principles 30 year old with 5 year old who 24 year old with 38 year old with dislocated ankle seems confused broken finger no heartbeat and and won’t talk no spontaneous respirations
  • 57. Triage Principles 19 year old with 29 year old with 7 year old with no 36 year old with burns to soles of no visibile injuries pulses and no penetrating feet spontaneous trauma and a breaths after 2 swelling belly rescue breaths
  • 58. Triage Principles 19 year old with 29 year old with 7 year old with no 36 year old with burns to soles of no visibile injuries pulses and no penetrating feet spontaneous trauma and a breaths after 2 swelling belly rescue breaths
  • 59. Triage Principles 19 year old with 29 year old with 7 year old with no 36 year old with burns to soles of no visibile injuries pulses and no penetrating feet spontaneous trauma and a breaths after 2 swelling belly rescue breaths
  • 60. Triage Principles 19 year old with 29 year old with 7 year old with no 36 year old with burns to soles of no visibile injuries pulses and no penetrating feet spontaneous trauma and a breaths after 2 swelling belly rescue breaths
  • 61. Triage Principles 19 year old with 29 year old with 7 year old with no 36 year old with burns to soles of no visibile injuries pulses and no penetrating feet spontaneous trauma and a breaths after 2 swelling belly rescue breaths
  • 62. Assess, Treat, (use bystanders) When you have a color STOP - TAG - MOVE ON Move Walking Wounded NO RESPIRATIONS after head tilt* Breathing but UNCONSCIOUS Perfusion Capillary refill > 2 or NO RADIAL PULSE Control bleeding minor decease Mental Status Unable to follow simple commands d immedi ate Otherwise delaye d REMEMBER: Respirations < 30 Perfusion < 2 Mental Status - Can Do

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  33. The concepts of dedicated ambulances and standardized medical equipment spread rapidly after the publication of the groundbreaking 1966 National Research Council report Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.14 Victims of illness and injury in nonurban areas of the United States began to be triaged by trained, skilled medics, rather than the local hearse drivers who had provided civilian medical transportation services.\n
  34. The concepts of dedicated ambulances and standardized medical equipment spread rapidly after the publication of the groundbreaking 1966 National Research Council report Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.14 Victims of illness and injury in nonurban areas of the United States began to be triaged by trained, skilled medics, rather than the local hearse drivers who had provided civilian medical transportation services.\n
  35. The concepts of dedicated ambulances and standardized medical equipment spread rapidly after the publication of the groundbreaking 1966 National Research Council report Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.14 Victims of illness and injury in nonurban areas of the United States began to be triaged by trained, skilled medics, rather than the local hearse drivers who had provided civilian medical transportation services.\n
  36. The concepts of dedicated ambulances and standardized medical equipment spread rapidly after the publication of the groundbreaking 1966 National Research Council report Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.14 Victims of illness and injury in nonurban areas of the United States began to be triaged by trained, skilled medics, rather than the local hearse drivers who had provided civilian medical transportation services.\n
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  64. The wreckage of a Cessna 177 in which trainee pilot&amp;#xA0; Jessica Dubroff, her father and her instructor were killed while engaging in a trans-continental record attempt. The accident was caused by the instructor pilot&apos;s improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions which resulted in stall. 4/96\n
  65. The wreckage of a Cessna 177 in which trainee pilot&amp;#xA0; Jessica Dubroff, her father and her instructor were killed while engaging in a trans-continental record attempt. The accident was caused by the instructor pilot&apos;s improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions which resulted in stall. 4/96\n
  66. The wreckage of a Cessna 177 in which trainee pilot&amp;#xA0; Jessica Dubroff, her father and her instructor were killed while engaging in a trans-continental record attempt. The accident was caused by the instructor pilot&apos;s improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions which resulted in stall. 4/96\n
  67. The wreckage of a Cessna 177 in which trainee pilot&amp;#xA0; Jessica Dubroff, her father and her instructor were killed while engaging in a trans-continental record attempt. The accident was caused by the instructor pilot&apos;s improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions which resulted in stall. 4/96\n
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