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AHIV - ch 12
| Multicasualty event | Can be managed by a hospital using local resources |
| Mass casualty event | Overwhelms local medical capabilities & may require the collaboration of numerous agencies & health facilities to handle the crisis |
| Triage | Used to rapidly sort ill or injured patients into priority categories based on their acuity & survival potential |
| Red (Class I) | Emergent |
| Yellow (Class II) | Can wait a short time for care |
| Green (Class III) | Nonurgent or “walking wounded” |
| Black (Class IV) | Patients who are expected (& allowed) to die or are dead |
| Mass causality triage mnemonic | “Ralph Yelled Go Buckeyes” |