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Chapter 13 - Advanced Triage Management for Emergency Medical Teams

from Section 4 - Clinical Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

By
Frederick M Burkle
Edited by
Elhanan Bar-On ,
Kobi Peleg  and
Yitshak Kreiss
Elhanan Bar-On
Affiliation:
The Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Kobi Peleg
Affiliation:
National Center for Trauma & Emergency Medicine Research, The Gertner Institute for Health Policy and Epidemiology and Tel-Aviv University, Disaster Medicine Department
Yitshak Kreiss
Affiliation:
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Summary

This chapter focuses on triage management in both national and international mass casualty incidents. They be a sudden-onset natural disaster, a public health emergency of international concern, or a war or armed conflict resulting in the deployment of field level hospitals that are focused on civilians, the military, or both, and are capable of rapid deployment and expansion or contraction to meet immediate emergency requirements for a specified period of time. The goal of triage is to treat as many victims as possible who have an opportunity for survival. Triage does not exist in isolation, but represents a complex process that balances clinical requirements with resource allocation and system management where the decision operatives are the likelihood of medical success and the conservation of scare resources.

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Triagetriage managementemergency medical teams (EMTs)sudden-onset disasters (SODs)complex humanitarian emergenciespublic health emergencies of international concernmilitary triage
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Field Hospitals
A Comprehensive Guide to Preparation and Operation
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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