Kaimuddin Disampaikan Pada Pelatihan BTCLS Batam, 21 September 2012 EXERCISE TRIAGE CASE STUDY Case Study Case
A 10 passenger bus crashes on a busy road
hitting a family of 5 in another vehicle head on. The following are some of the victims from the scene that you are now the triage officer for. Triage these patients RED, GREEN, YELLOW and BLACK according to START criteria. Remember you have less then 60 seconds to assess each victim. VICTIM 1 17 yo female with large bleeding laceration to leg Respirations: 20 Pulse: 65 Mental Status: Screaming Victim 2 51yo driver of the family vehicle, entrapped in wreckage with obvious head injury and brain matter protruding Respirations: NONE Pulse: NOT PALPABLE Mental status: UNRESPONSIVE Victim 3 65 yo male with complaint of painful breathing and bloody bruised left chest Respiration: 35 Pulse: 120 Mental Status: Intact Victim 4 6 yo unconscious male in back seat of car Respirations: Absent Pulse: Weak and thready Mental Status: Diminished Victim 5 26 yo female with mild bruising of abdomen, walking at the scene Respirations: 24 Pulse: 120 Mental Status: Intact Victim 6 3 yo male crying no apparent injuries Respirations: 35 Pulse: 110 Mental Status: Intact Victim 7 45 yo female complaining for left hand pain with obvious deformity of wrist with bone exposed Respiration: 30 Pulse: Absent in wrist Mental Status: Intact Victim 8 19 yo female unresponsive with bleeding from ears Respirations: None Pulse: No peripheral pulse Mental Status: Unresponsive Victim 9 30 yo male complaining of neck pain walking at the scene Respirations: 25 Pulse: 95 Mental Status: Intact Victim 10 60 yo male with complaining for chest pain Respirations: 40 Pulse: 110 Mental Status: Intact Conclusion Learn triage classifications Apply the classifications in a timely manner Remember that children are different from adults