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Campaign: Increasing Transparency & Enhancing Disaster Preparedness
Which initial triage tags, are best day/night, hot or freezing?
Conducting/supporting a study that compares all currently available triage tagging tools (different styles of paper tags, triage ribbon, reflective slap wrap wrist bands, colored clothes pins, chemical lights, single colored chemlight alternatives, triage lights and paper tags with RFID) in daytime, nighttime and adverse condition scenarios. There are several studies that compare triage methods but I have found only one ...more »
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Campaign: Increasing Transparency & Enhancing Disaster Preparedness
Are we 24/7 Field Triage Prepared?
Original post, http://fema.ideascale.com/a/dtd/24-7-Field-Triage-Preparedness/319348-14692 Top 15 for 3 years. The recognition & adoption of a standardized national illuminated color coded system for triaging MCI patients 24/7. Today different States & organizations use different triage cards & tapes to triage patients. The one thing they all have in common is not the language or format of the triage cards but it is ...more »
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Campaign: FEMA Think Tank
24/7 Field Triage Preparedness
The recognition & adoption of a standardized national illuminated color coded system for triaging MCI patients 24/7. Today different States & organizations use different triage cards and tapes for triaging patients. The one thing they all have in common is not the language or format of the triage cards but it is the color given to each priority. If a national color code standard is adopted then no State or Agency would ...more »
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Campaign: FEMA Think Tank
Helping citizens, help first responders find them in aftermath
Recognizing a simple visual based system that allows communication between survivors/nonsurvivors and responders in aftermath of a disaster, when a disaster alert is issued, the citizens in the affected area that cannot evacuate prepare as they normally do but add one step, tag children w/solid red lights, women w/solid green lights, men w/solid blue lights & pets w/yellow lights. Once the disaster passes the surviving ...more »