Triage decisions of United Kingdom police firearms officers using a multiple-casualty scenario paper exercise

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-46

  Kilner, Tim ^a   Hall, F John ^b  

^a Head of Education and Development Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Triservice Emergency Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multiple casualty incident; pediatric triage tape; Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS); triage sieve; triage systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FIREARM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FIREARMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESCUE WORK; TRIAGE;

EID: 16844373435     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002132     Document Type: Article

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