What are the colors for triage?
What are the colors for triage?
Standard sections
| Black | Expectant | Pain medication only, until death |
|---|---|---|
| Red | Immediate | Life-threatening injuries |
| Yellow | Delayed | Non-life-threatening injuries |
| Green | Minimal | Minor injuries |
What class is a green triage tag?
Class III
Class III (green tag): Minor injury that does not require treatment within 2 hrs.
What do the 4 colors or tags mean during triage?
RED: (Immediate) severe injuries but high potential for survival with treatment; taken to collection point first. YELLOW: (Delayed) serious injuries but not immediately life-threatening. GREEN: (Walking wounded) minor injuries.
What does green patient mean?
Victims who are not seriously injured, are quickly triaged and tagged as “walking wounded”, and a priority 3 or “green” classification (meaning delayed treatment/transportation). Generally, the walking wounded are escorted to a staging area out of the “hot zone” to await delayed evaluation and transportation.
What does triage green mean?
walking wounded
Green tag: These victims are referred to as the “walking wounded.” Their injuries are not life-threatening, and they should receive care after those with red or yellow tags.
What are the 4 categories of triage?
About emergency department patients treated
- Triage category 1 (need for resuscitation): requires treatment immediately.
- Triage category 2 (emergency): requires treatment within 10 minutes.
- Triage category 3 (urgent): requires treatment within 30 minutes.
- Triage category 4 (semi-urgent): requires treatment within 1 hour.
Whats code green mean in a hospital?
evacuation
Code Green: evacuation (precautionary) Code Green stat: evacuation (crisis) Code Orange: external disaster. Code Yellow: missing person. Code White: violent person.
What does code green stand for?
Students Need to Relocate EVACUATION of BUILDING
Students Need to Relocate. EVACUATION of BUILDING. A CODE GREEN alert indicates a situation in the building or on the campus that requires students and staff to move outdoors, move to a new location, or to evacuate the building. Examples may include a bomb threat, gas leak, etc.
