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MASS CASUALTY

MANAGEMENT
What is the Mass Casualty
Management
 Management of victims of a mass casualty
event, aimed at minimizing loss of life and
disabilities.
 Mass casualty is a relative term depending on
the capacity of health system.
What is the mass casualty incident?

Any Event resulting in a number of


victims large enough to disrupt the
normal course of emergency and
health care services is called mass
casualty incident.
What is Triage?

Triage is the process by which


victims are sorted, prioritized, and
distributed according to their need
for First Aid, provide resuscitation,
make stabilization, and Transfer to
hospital.
3 T Principle
 TAG
 TREAT
 TRANSFER
Requirements for Triage
1. Triage, by implication, necessitates accurate medical
judgment, It should always be carried out by the
most clinically skilled and experienced doctor.

3. Triage has to be under taken in isolation; it cannot


be combined with resuscitation and victim
stabilization.

5. The most skilled and experienced doctor should not


be involved in individual case management.
Different Colors of TAG

RED YELLOW GREEN BLACK


Triage Color Codes
There are four types of Triage
 RED : Requires immediate stabilization care.
 Yellow : Requires close monitoring: care can
be somewhat delayed.
 Requires delayed or no treatment.
 Black : Dead.
Use of Color Codes
 RED : Victims to be transferred immediately or as
soon as possible to hospital, by equipped ambulance
with medical escort.
 YELLOW: Victims to be transfer, after evacuation of
all red victims, to hospital, by ambulance, with first
aids escort.
 GREEN : victims to be transferred, at the end of the
field operations, to appropriate healthcare facilitates
by available vehicles, with out escort.
 BLACK : Victims to be transferred to morgue.
Levels of Triage
Infield triage Green & Red Ribbons
(Non- medical)
1. Medical Triage Green, Yellow, Red, &
Black Triage Tags
1. Evacuation Triage Green, Yellow, Red, &
Black Triage Tags
1. Hospital Triage Green, Yellow, Red, &
Black Triage Tags

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