By.

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