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Assessment of a Triage Label System during a Major Incident Exercise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

D. Barton  and
G. G. Bodiwala
D. Barton*
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar in Accident and Emergency, Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Sq, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
G. G. Bodiwala
Affiliation:
Consultant in Accident and Emergency, , Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Sq, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
*
Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Sq, Leicester LEI 5WW, UK
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Abstract

The Metag triage label system was assessed during a major incident exercise at an international airport. The exercise simulated a crash of a plane carrying 40 passengers within the airport boundaries. A secondary incident also was staged involving an explosion resulting in a fire with three victims injured. The exercise involved the airport, fire, police, ambulance, and medical services of three counties—Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire. Use of the labels enabled evaluation of the triage process, early medical intervention for victims, and completion of the cards.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 473 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1991

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