Allocation of limited resources /
Crisis degradation of care
Disaster Triage
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START, JumpSTART, and in between. Description, comparison, and table top exercise
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Mass casualty triage... using RATE. Validation of an Emergency Department tool
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CTAS vs START. "The use of either CTAS or START in the ED during a MCI may be reasonable but choosing one method over another is not justified from this investigation."
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Ten Second Triage. Maybe the quickest one yet, designed for all emergency service responders, not based on physiologic variables.
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Is it ethical to apply crisis standards of care, or non routine triage systems to disaster response? This analysis raises some questions and gives some guidance.
Critical resource allocation
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Scarce Resource Management and Crisis Care Standards. Overview and materials. (Montana Department of Public Health). Critical care algorithms, scarce resource cards, triage team guidelines and worksheets.
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Univ Pittsburgh - Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources
Determining patient goals of care