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Triage in Mass-Casualty Events: The Haitian Experience

Ofer Merin, Ian Miskin, Guy Lin, Itay Wiser, Yitshak Kreiss

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · 2011 · 73 citations · 13 references

Abstract

Currently accepted triage principles for the most part are appropriate for efficiently providing medical care in a disaster area with extremely limited resources, but require extensive adaptation to local conditions.

References

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Disaster Triage: START, then SAVE—A New Method of Dynamic Triage for Victims of a Catastrophic Earthquake

Mark Benson, Kristi L. Koenig, Carl H. Schultz · Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · 1996 · 391 citations

Engineering, Emergency Management, Dynamic Triage Methodology +23

Who Should Receive Life Support During a Public Health Emergency? Using Ethical Principles to Improve Allocation Decisions

Douglas B. White · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2009 · 340 citations · Full text

Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: A Framework for Allocation of Scarce Resources in Mass Critical Care

Asha V. Devereaux, Jeffrey R. Dichter, Nancy Neveloff Dubler et al. · CHEST Journal · 2008 · 220 citations

Palliative Care, Critical Care Management, Critical Care Medicine +11

Does START Triage Work? An Outcomes Assessment After a Disaster

Christopher A. Kahn, Carl H. Schultz, Ken Miller et al. · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2009 · 207 citations

Triage, Emergency Response, Engineering +11

Consensus Statement on the Triage of Critically III Patients

Charles L. Sprung · JAMA · 1994 · 182 citations

Critical Care Management, Palliative Care, Critical Care Medicine +15