Ping-Pong
A male, 43, isn't moving during your global sorting. You also note that he's not breathing. His airway is re-positioned, but he is still apneic.
Black (DEAD)
An adult patient with no form of breathing after manual opening of the airway is triaged as deceased (Black Tag)
A girl, 7, walks to the treatment area. She follows commands and has a radial pulse. She denies respiratory distress and has no bleeding.
Green
A male, 38, says he's OK. He has a radial pulse, follows commands and isn't in respiratory distress. He has multiple abrasions but no major bleeding.
Green.
He has no life-threatening injuries and no medical conditions that require anything more than basic first aid so he is triaged Green.
A 14-year-old male with a broken arm walking around the scene.
Green.
This patient is walking around the scene with what appears to be an isolated extremity injury.
A 16-year-old female who is ambulatory and says she is "OK."
duh
A female, 55, denies trouble breathing and doesn't have external bleeding. She has a strong radial pulse. She cannot stand. Her lower legs are broken.
Yellow
A patient with no life-threatening conditions but an injury that requires follow-up care at a hospital is triaged Yellow.
A female walks to the treatment area. She thinks she's OK and can't identify any complaints. She's 23 weeks pregnant and wants to be checked out.
Green
A female is walking around looking for her brother. She follows command to move to a treatment area. She has no complaints and only minor abrasions.
Green
A patient with minor conditions that needs only basic first aid, has no injuries and no medical conditions that would make them any other triage level is triaged Green.
A 36-year-old man is unresponsive with brain matter showing.
Black.
This patient is deceased and therefore triaged Black. This is a non-survivable wound.
A 19-year-old male with 2nd and 3rd degree burns over about 80 percent of his body. Respirations 24 and pulse about 120.
Yellow.
This patient is critical and may not survive. The patient doesn't fir the criteria for green/red. While it seems contradictory, yellow is a spot that meets the triage criteria and doesn't take the resources for a more salvageable red tagged patient.
A female, 23, suffers a blast injury. She is weak, pale and diaphoretic. Minimal bleeding noted. She is able to walk to the green zone but collapses and goes into Cardiac Arrest.
Black
A male follows your command to walk to the treatment area. He has a large thigh laceration. The bleeding is controlled and he has a radial pulse.
The patient has an injury that could be life-threatening but the bleeding is controlled. He requires follow-up care at a hospital so he is triaged Yellow.
A boy, 4, is unresponsive. He's not breathing. Airway is open and he's given two rescue breaths. He's still not breathing. He has no major bleeding.
Black
A child that is not breathing is triaged Black if the child does not begin to breath after airway opening and two rescue breaths
A responsive 34-year-old female has pale, moist skin and respirations of 32/minute.
Red.
Rapid respirations and signs of shock triage as Red
A 42-year-old woman with no obvious injuries and without a carotid pulse.
Black
A female isn't moving. A large piece of glass is in her chest. She's unresponsive with shallow, agonal breathing. Minimal bleeding noted.
Grey
This patient is in critical condition, but has an injury that she is not likely to survive given current resources.
A female, 32, is still during the global sorting. She follows commands, isn't in respiratory distress, no major hemorrhage, but has no radial pulse.
RED (Immediate)
A patient with no radial pulse and no other conditions that would be considered incompatible with life is triaged RED.
A 15-month-old is carried to the treatment area. You can't arouse the child during the assessment and she has a contusion on the side of her head.
Red
A patient that fails to obey commands or make purposeful movements is traiged Red unless they have a condition or injury they are not likely to survive.
An unresponsive male patient has snoring respirations. His breathing improves when you open his airway.
If a patient with airway problems responds to minimal interventions, then he is triaged Red
A 57-year-old female has a deformed tibia and fibula. She is oriented with respirations of 20 and a pulse of about 100.
Yellow.
This patient doesn't fall into the walking wounded category and doesn't have outward signs of shock, elevated respirations or an altered mental status.
A male isn't moving, breathing at a slow rate with a weak pulse. He doesn't respond to painful stimulus. A piece of rebar is penetrating his skull.
Grey (Expectant)
A patient in critical condition with an injury that are unlikely to survive given current resources is triaged Grey.
A man's left thigh has blood spurting. You apply a tourniquet, but the bleeding continues. His pedal pulse is absent and radial pulse is faint.
A patient with life-threatening conditions such as severe, uncontrolled bleeding, is triaged Red unless they have a condition they are not likely to survive.
A 72-year-old male waved at you during the global sorting. He does not want to walk because he is short of breath and has chest pain.
Red
A patient with any form of respiratory Distress is triaged Red unless they also have a condition or injury they are not likely to survive.
A 66-year-old male patient is sitting on the ground. His eyes are open, but he can't answer or follow directions.
Red.
This patient can't follow instructions and has an altered mental status, which places him in the red category.
A 50-year-old man has bilateral fractured femurs. He has a faint radial pulse and a respiratory rate of 24.
Red
Signs of Shock, unable to walk.