[Scan-DC] Caution -- Possibly OT: Serious PI Rockville

[Doug Kitchener]

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Hey Andy,

Depends on how you look at it - Priority 4 is injured to death.  :(

You're correct... the actual definition I've seen of Priority 4 is "Requires no care", which translates to DOA.  The two terms seem to be used interchangeably.

Priority 1 is the most severe, what comes to mind is "life-threatening".
Priority 2 is "serious but not life-threatening".
Not sure of the exact definition of P3 but you get the idea.

Seems to me that some sub-categories have been added to some of these things as well, such as Priority 1 Category A... taking those out of context it seems that A is the most serious, and those run from A through C... I'll have to do a little digging on that.  I think the A-C is used on P1 and P2.

Early on in the accident in Rockville, the command officer reported three Priority 1 Category As... that changed as time passed and they were better able to assess the patients.

Often the assessment is based at least partially on the mechanism of injury, and in the case of an auto accident, condition of the vehicle as well... you may hear "trauma by mechanism" when the car is really beat, air bags deployed, intrusion into the passenger compartment, etc. even when the patient seems to be not severely injured.

I've gained all that just from listening... no doubt one of the EMS guys here can elaborate, but hopefully I'm not too far off!

D

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> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Caution -- Possibly OT: Serious PI Rockville
> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:38:55 -0500
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> Doug,
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> Can you remind me of the priority levels? I'm pretty sure Priority 4 is DOA.
> Otherwise, is Priority 1 the most seriously injured? Or is it Priority 4?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy

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