First assess the nonambulatory patients.
+First assess the “walking wounded.”
+Give priority to the most salvageable patients with the most urgent conditions.
+Give priority to the most critically ill patients to ensure that they receive rapid care.
+Provide an initial needs assessment.
Give priority to the most salvageable patients with the most urgent conditions. In everyday hospital triage, priority is given to the most salvageable patients with the most urgent conditions. The goal of disaster triage is different—to maximize the benefit to an entire population of patients, which may require letting some patients die with only comfort care.