{"id":38384,"date":"2015-06-14T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T19:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=38384"},"modified":"2015-06-14T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:24:44","slug":"prepping-101-triaging-the-wounded-mass-casualty-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/prepping-101-triaging-the-wounded-mass-casualty-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping 101: Triaging The Wounded – Mass Casualty Incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I got the idea for this article from a surprise package from BriteStrike. Their APALS illumination LED pads are great tools for nighttime triage. They are also really useful for camping, trail marking, and nighttime sports.<\/p><\/div>
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Triage Tape:
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What would you do if survival arrived on your doorstep? Would you become part of the rescue effort? Or would you just hunker down and wait to see if the next wave is coming to wipe out the people who did rush in to rescue the survivors of…whatever? I recently got a sample of a really cool product from our friends at BriteStrike, and their multi-colored APALS personal light system made me think about the subject of triage. Back in August I wrote an extremely substantive article<\/a> on “Survival Medicine,” in which I copied the title of a book you absolutely have to get. My approach is meant to be a compliment to the book, because I go through where you can actually buy stuff. Good intentions and knowledge are great, but you need the tools to do the job. And like everything for this column, I try to find useful stuff on the cheap. These APALS lights are not cheap, $50 for 10 of them, (retailers discount them some) but even if you can only afford the much less expensive alternatives, this is a good chance to talk about triaging the wounded. It is hard to admit to yourself that someday you may have to label someone as “Expectant,” because that means expected to die, but that is the reality we all face.
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Please buy the book “Survival Medicine” that is linked in the article. It explains this triage chart, which is called START, and is used by all first responders in the US, though there are more refined versions.<\/p><\/div>
\nMy introduction to triage actually came in the book, “Survival Medicine<\/a>“. Prior to that I had never considered the subject. He goes through a lengthy explanation of the S.T.A.R.T. (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment) system<\/a> which is a mutually agreed system among first responders that determines how quickly a patient should be prioritized. In the book he even gives you examples, then explains how you would triage the individual. The guidelines are really practical, like is the person breathing more than 30 times per minute, or does his fingernail return to pink if you squeeze down in less than 2 seconds? Everyone involved in the rescue attempts should of course be versed in these techniques, and you need some way to mark the people who have already been assessed. First responders carry different colored tapes or cards that correspond to a priority system for mass casualty incidents. The tape colors correspond to:<\/p>\n