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Disaster medicine

a mass casualty triage method that sorts victims by walking ability, breathing, perfusion and mental status into colour categories.

In disaster medicine, START triage refers to a mass casualty triage method that sorts victims by walking ability, breathing, perfusion and mental status into colour categories. This meaning comes from Benson (1996) in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine.[1]

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References

Benson, M., Koenig, K. L., & Schultz, C. H. (1996). Disaster Triage: START, then SAVE: A New Method of Dynamic Triage for Victims of a Catastrophic Earthquake. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 11(2), 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x0004276x

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