A New Triage Support Tool in Case of Explosion. Issue 2 (8th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yavari-Sartakhti, Olivier; Briche, Frédérique; Jost, Daniel; Michaud, Nicolas; Bignand, Michel; Tourtier, Jean-Pierre
• Is Part Of: Prehospital and disaster medicine. Volume 33:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 213
• Page End: 214
• Publication Date: 2018-03-08
• Subjects: communication tool, -- mass-casualty triage, -- otologic injury, -- prehospital care, -- terrorist attack; Emergency medical services -- Periodicals; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X18000171
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-023X

Abstract

Abstract: Deafness frequently observed in explosion victims, currently following terrorist attack, is a barrier to communication between victims and first responders. This may result in a delay in the initial triage and evacuation. In such situations, Paris Fire Brigade (Paris, France) proposes the use of assistance cards to help conscious, but deafened patients at the site of an attack where there may be numerous victims. O Yavari-Sartakhti, F Briche, D Jost, N Michaud, M Bignand, JP Tourtier .A new triage support tool in case of explosion .Prehosp Disaster Med .2018 ;33 (2 ):213 –214 .