RT Book, Section
A1 Lyng, John W.
A2 Cooney, Derek R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126792955
T1 Field Triage and Transport Decision Making
T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071775649
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126792955
RD 2023/09/25
AB The  daily  operations  of  EMS  systems  focus  on  providing  care  and  transport  to  individual  patients  with  (usually)  unlimited  resources.  This  approach  allows  prehospital  providers  to  attempt  to  maximize  the  chances  of  an  individual's  survival  and  reduce  the  morbidity  they  may  experience  from  their  injury  or  illness.  In  situations  involving  multiple/mass  casualties  incidents  and  disasters,  the  principles  of  “routine”  field  triage  and  transport  decisions  can  change  significantly,  as  the  goals  of  patient  care  shift  from  doing  the  most  good  for  a  singular  patient,  to  doing  the  most  good  for  the  most  patients.  Recognizing  the  regional  variability  inherent  in  prehospital  emergency  care,  it  is  imperative  for  EMS  physicians  to  understand  the  concepts  in  this  chapter  globally,  but  also  to  apply  and  understand  them  in  the  context  of  their  local/regional  EMS  system(s).  Specific  aspects  of  daily  operations  are  discussed  elsewhere  in  the  text.