A Qualitative Assessment of Studies Evaluating the Classification Accuracy of Personnel Using START in Disaster Triage: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) can occur as a consequence of a wide variety of events and often require overwhelming prehospital and emergency support and coordinated emergency response. A variety of disaster triage systems have been developed to assist health care providers in making difficult choices with regards to prioritization of victim treatment. The simple triage and rapid treatment (START) triage system is one of the most widely used triage algorithms; however, the research literature addressing real-world or simulation studies documenting the classification accuracy of personnel using START is lacking.

Aims and objectives

To explore the existing literature related to the current state of knowledge about studies assessing the classification accuracy of th

SUBMITTER: Wisnesky UD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8907512 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature