[Scan-DC] Priority 4

[Andrew Clegg]

Thanks Alan and Doug,

Seems like there could be confusion over Priority 4. Someone could either be
so injured as to be dead (does not require medical attention); or could be
perfectly fine (also does not require medical attention). Do the dispatchers
and others listening just hope to catch the meaning by the context, or is
there further information that is relayed to indicate whether the person is
dead or fine?

Is this priority code system poised to go out the window with the current
push to communicate in plain language?

Andy

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http://www.miemss.org/home/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WKeNmP-DJ9w%3d&tabid=10
6&mid=534

7. Assign Clinical Priority
a) Priority 1 — Critically ill or injured person requiring immediate
attention;
unstable patients with life-threatening injury or illness. (NEW ’09)
b) Priority 2 — Less serious condition yet potentially life-threatening
injury or illness,
requiring emergency medical attention but not immediately endangering the
patient’s life.
(NEW ’09)
c) Priority 3 — Non-emergent condition, requiring medical attention but not
on an emergency basis.
d) Priority 4 — Does not require medical attention.
e) In the event of a multiple casualty incident, the Simple Triage And Rapid
Treatment
(START and/or JumpSTART) technique will be instituted for rapid tagging and
sorting
of patients into priority categories for both treatment and transport.



c) Stable priority 3 or 4 patients who do not need a time critical
intervention
may also be transported to the local emergency department or
freestanding medical facility.
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