Field Triage: Disasters and MCIs (BLS/ALS Edition)selected product title

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This interactive lecture provides an overview of how patients are assessed and treated in cases of disasters or mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). It explores the history and development of triage systems and explores the different methodologies used to assign priorities for the treatment and transport of patients in a disaster or MCI. It also discusses the three important triage systems: SALT, START, and JumpSTART, and describes how they are used to manage the scene of an MCI.

After completing this course, the practitioner will be able to:

• Discuss the history and development of triage systems.
• Explain the triage sorting scheme and the use of triage tags.
• Describe how to manage the scene of a mass-casualty incident using different triage systems, including:
  • SALT
  • START
  • JumpSTART

Practitioners who successfully complete the Field Triage: Disasters and MCIs (BLS/ALS Edition) course are eligible for 0.5 hours of continuing education through CAPCE. This continuing education course satisfies the NREMT’s NCCR 2016 Category Field Triage: Disasters and MCIs for EMTs.