Authors

1Mª de Gracia Montero Rodríguez, 2Antonio Gómez Rodríguez, 1Encarnación Domínguez Rodríguez

Position

¹Enfermera. Dispositivo Apoyo Distrito Norte Sevilla.²Enfermero. Hospital Virgen de Valme (Psiquiatría), Sevilla.

Contact address

Antonio Gómez Rodríguez. C/ Concepción, 13. 41410. Carmona (Sevilla).

Contact email: agrenfermero@hotmail.com

Abstract

Given that triage is useful and necessary in Emergency Care, but not all professionals are trained for it, the objective of this paper is to provide the required basic information about triage so that a recently qualified Nursing Professional is able to act adequately in case of accidents with multiple victims (AMVs).
To that end, the history of triage is described, a differentiation is made between hospital / extra-hospital triage, and an introduction to two simple classification methods, Start and Short, is provided. These have been designed for non-healthcare professionals, but they represent a very good point of start for all staff without the experience required to face this type of situations, due to their ease and simplicity to be remembered in times of stress and chaos, such as AMVs, which are situations exceeding the usual capacity of care.

Keywords:

extra-hospital triage; victim selection; emergenciescatastrophes

Versión en Español

Título:

Triage prehospitalario: nociones básicas para profesionales no entrenados