Triage priorities
RED — Immediate
Priority for treatment and evacuation.
YELLOW — Urgent
Treated and evacuated after RED.
GREEN — Minor
Walking wounded — lowest evacuation priority.
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On recognition of an MCI, raise the alarm immediately and make the scene safe.
- 2
Medic / Medical Lead establishes medical control, conducts rapid triage and prioritises casualties by clinical need.
- 3
Request emergency services, SAR and additional medical resources without delay.
- 4
Provide a (M)ETHANE report to emergency services — location, nature, hazards, access and estimated number and severity of casualties.
- 5
Separate casualties into triage categories and give immediate life-saving treatment where required. Re-triage as conditions change.
- 6
Where helicopter or SAR evacuation is required, the Medical Lead determines evacuation priority and coordinates with transport and the receiving facility.
- 7
Advise receiving hospitals of casualty numbers, clinical priorities and estimated arrival times.
- 8
Maintain a casualty log: identity, triage category, treatment, transport and destination.
- 9
Complete a personnel accountability check to identify missing or unaccounted-for personnel.
- 10
The MCI response remains active until all casualties are assessed, treated or evacuated, accountability is established and the incident is handed over or stood down.