In medicine, triage is a process by which care providers, such as medical professionals and those with first aid knowledge, determine the order of priority for providing treatment to injured individua
Many triage systems use triage tags with specific formats
Emergency Triage (E/T) Lights – particularly useful at night or under adverse conditions
A page of the Edwin Smith Papyrus
Larrey's "flying ambulance" design.
A triage tag is a tool first responders and medical personnel use during a mass casualty incident. With the aid of the triage tags, the first-arriving personnel are able to effectively and efficiently
Triage
…and many others, including those localized to non-English) is rapid patient assessment designed to check bodily function in order of importance. A triage tag is a premade label placed on each patient that serves to accomplish several objectives: identify the patient…
Typical triage tag used for emergency mass casualty decontamination.
Cruciform Triage card (© 2015 CWC Services), fully unfolded front
METTAG system in Japanese