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INITIAL TRIAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A procedure used for the rapid categorization of numerous incident casualties that is based on a system of priorities and conducted at an incident site or a triage area in order to maximize the number of survivors.

OBS

To facilitate the order in which the evacuation of casualties is to be carried out, the triage system usually adopted includes different categories of priorities, or levels of severity, such as urgent or immediate (red tag), delayed (yellow tag), minor (green tag) and deceased (black tag).

OBS

prehospital triage; initial triage : terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • pre-hospital triage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Procédure visant la catégorisation rapide des nombreuses victimes corporelles d'unincident et qui est appliquée en fonction d'un système de priorités sur un lieu d'incident ou dans une zone de triage afin qu'il y ait le plus de survivants possible.

OBS

Pour faciliter l'ordre dans lequel l'évacuation des victimes corporelles doit se faire, le système de triage généralement adopté comporte différentes catégories de priorité, ou niveaux de gravité, comme urgent ou immédiat (étiquette rouge), peut attendre (étiquette jaune), mineur (étiquette verte) et décédé (étiquette noire).

OBS

triage préhospitalier; triage initial : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • triage pré-hospitalier

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

The senior ranking SAR specialist in charge of the initial penetration team will be designated the "senior SAR tech on scene". He will supervise operations at the crash site and coordinate the triage, treatment and evacuation of casualties and survivors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Technicien SAR, du grade le plus élevé, responsable de l'équipe d'intervention initiale. Il supervise les opérations sur les lieux de l'accident, coordonne le triage, le traitement et l'évacuation des rescapés et des blessés.

Spanish

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