Prehospital and disaster medicine
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Jun 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Observational StudyComparison of Electronic Versus Manual Mass-Casualty Incident Triage.
IntroductionMass-casualty incidents (MCIs) easily overwhelm a health care facility's human and material resources through the extraordinary influx of casualties. Efficient and accurate triage of incoming casualties is a critical step in the hospital disaster response. Hypothesis/ProblemTraditionally, triage during MCIs has been manually performed using paper cards. This study investigated the use of electronic Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) triage as compared to the manual method.