[Scan-DC] Red Tag, Yellow Tag, etc

[James Richardson]

>This morning there was a serious accident in Loudoun County with 2 
>pickups involved in a head-on on Rt 15.  I heard the rescue 
>personnel describe the patients as "2 red tags and 1 yellow tag." 
>I'm assuming this has to do with their overall assesment of the 
>patients when they arrive on the scene. Can anyone provide any more 
>details on exactly what this means?

Yes it's Triage of the patients (french word for sorting)

It varies but in most systems Green is walking wounded, Yellow has 
potential but is not severe, Red is a life threatening injury(s) and 
black is dead.

Jim<