START Me Up
The “R” in START stands for this.
What is rapid?
The color tag for “walking wounded.”
What is Green?
This person is in charge of the entire MCI scene.
Who is the Incident Commander?
A cap refill over this number of seconds is concerning.
What is 2 seconds?
The full name of the START system.
What is Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment?
The first step when you encounter a non-breathing patient.
What is open the airway?
The color tag for someone unresponsive and not breathing, even after airway repositioning.
What is Black?
The area where ambulances are staged during an MCI.
What is the staging area?
A patient with RR <30, cap refill <2 sec, and follows commands gets this tag.
What is Yellow?
The term for grouping patients by severity of injury.
What is triage?
This is the age range where JumpSTART should be used.
What is 1–8 years old?
This tag color is used for delayed treatment of serious, but not immediately life-threatening injuries.
What is Yellow?
The command system used during MCIs.
What is the Incident Command System (ICS)?
Mental status is assessed by checking this.
What is ability to follow commands?
These visual aids are often placed on the ground to organize patients by priority.
What are triage tarps?
The respiration rate cutoff that makes a patient RED.
What is >30 breaths per minute?
This color tag is given to a patient with cap refill >2 sec and cannot follow commands.
What is Red?
This officer is responsible for assigning triage tags.
Who is the Triage Officer?
A child apneic with a pulse gets how many rescue breaths before tag assignment?
What are 5 rescue breaths?
This pediatric triage system is based on START but adapted for age.
What is JumpSTART?
START triage uses these 3 assessments.
What are Respiration, Perfusion, and Mental Status?
The four START triage colors.
What are Red, Yellow, Green, and Black?
The first action an EMT should take upon arriving at an MCI.
What is ensure scene safety and report to command?
This combination of RPM findings results in a Red tag.
What is: RR >30 or cap refill >2 sec or cannot follow commands?
This must happen before START triage begins.
What is scene safety and initial size-up?