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Presenter explains START triage system used in exercise
Summary
A presenter at the Aspen Airport exercise explained START (Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment), saying the system ranks patients by injury severity to decide who goes to hospital first; the system guided paramedics in the drill.
A presenter described START triage, saying the exercise used the system to sort wounded participants by priority. “We use a system of triage called START triage, which is Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment,” the presenter said, adding the acronym: “START.”
The presenter explained that triage assigns priority based on injury severity so responders decide “who gets to go to the hospital first” and who can wait. The explanation underscored that prioritization is based on injuries alone and that the drill tested paramedics' ability to enter crowds, assess injuries and determine transport order.
