what are the key differences in patient triage in a disaster situation versus typical triage in...

what are the key differences in patient triage in a disaster situation versus typical triage in day to day operation

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Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients
Color coding of triage :

Red : for life threatening injuries
Yellow : for serious injuries need immediate attention
Green : for minor injuries
Black : for deceased
White : no injuries ( not used generally)

Typical triage in day to day operation	Triage in disaster situation
Static	Dynamic
Single point in time	Multiple points in time
Small number of patients present	Large number of patients present
Used for localised disaster scene	Used for wide spread disaster scenes

Designed to work within existing EMS (emergency medical services) system	Assumes non functional EMS system
Done in well equipped hospital system	Done at the field scene of disaster
Ex. Use for large accident and patients brings to hospital	Use for fire or earthquake, flood like disasters in which medical care given on site
Dependent on transportation and communication	Non dependent on communication and less depends on transportation

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