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Tiny Tips: START Protocol for Mass Casualty Triage

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My residency program discussed the EMS chapters in Rosen’s tonight and went over the START protocol for triage in mass casualty incidents. For the unacquainted, START stands for Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment. This protocol aims to make triage extremely fast and simple to allow first responders to quickly assess large numbers of patients. Triaged patients are clearly marked with colors (black = dead, red = immediate attention, yellow = delayed attention, green = …