| PERSONNEL: | Katie Rivera, Joy Suda, Kathy Jennings, Sherry Nastan, Amber Stogsdill
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| RESPONSIBILITIES: | Use approved safety equipment and techniques.
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| START-UP ACTIONS: | §
Obtain and wear personal safety equipment including latex gloves.
§ Check with the Medical Team Leader for assignment.
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| OPERATIONAL DUTIES: | §
Administer appropriate first aid.
§ Keep accurate records of care given. § Continue to assess victims at regular intervals. § Report deaths immediately to the Medical Team Leader. § If and when transportation is available, do a final assessment and document on the triage tag. Keep and file records for reference—do not send any records with the victim. § A student’s emergency card must accompany each student removed from campus to receive advanced medical attention. Send an emergency out-of-area phone number, if available.
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| Triage Entry Area: | |
| The triage area should be staffed with a minimum of two trained team members, if possible.
§ One member confirms the triage tag category and directs to the proper treatment area. Should take 30 seconds to assess—no treatment takes place here. Assess if not tagged. § Second team member logs victims’ names on form and sends the forms to the Command Post as completed.
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| Treatment Areas (“Immediate and Delayed”)
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| Treatment areas should be staffed with a minimum of two team members per area, if possible.
§ One member completes secondary head-to-toe assessment. § Second member records information on the triage tag and on-site treatment records. § Follow categories: Immediate, Delayed, Dead
+ When using the two-way radio, do not use the names of the injured or dead.
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| CLOSING DOWN: | §
Return equipment and unused supplies to Logistics.
§ Clean up first aid area. Dispose of hazardous waste safely. § Complete all paperwork and turn it in to the Documentation Unit.
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| EQUIPMENT/
SUPPLIES: | §
First-aid supplies (See the list on the following page.)
§ Job description clipboards § LED Flashlight § NOAA Weather Radio § Stretchers § Vests, if available § Tables and chairs § Staff and student medication from health office § Forms: u Notice of First Aid Care u Medical Treatment Victim Log § Marking pens § Blankets § Quick reference medical guides § Ground cover/tarps
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| § | 4 x 4" compress: 1000 per 500 students |
| § | 8 x 10" compress: 150 per 500 students |
| § | Kerlix bandaging: 1 per student |
| § | Ace wrap: 2-inch: 12 per campus |
4-inch: 12 per campus
| § | Triangular bandage: 24 per campus |
| § | Cardboard splints: 24 each of sm, med, lg. |
| § | Steri-strips or butterfly bandages: 50 per campus |
| § | Aqua-Blox (water) cases (for flushing wounds, etc.): 0.016 x students + staff = # cases |
| § | Neosporin: 144 squeeze packs per campus |
| § | Hydrogen peroxide: 10 pints per campus |
| § | Bleach: 1 small bottle |
| § | Plastic basket or wire basket stretchers or backboards: 1.5 per 100 students |
| § | Scissors, paramedic: 4 per campus |
| § | Tweezers: 3 assorted per campus |
| § | Triage tags: 50 per 500 students |
| § | Latex gloves: 100 per 500 students |
| § | Oval eye patch: 50 per campus |
| § | Tapes: 1" cloth: 50 rolls/campus |
2" cloth: 24 per campus
| § | Dust masks: 25 per 100 students |
| § | Disposable blanket: 10 per 100 students |
| § | First Aid Books: 2 standard and 2 advanced per campus |
| § | Space blankets: 1 per student and staff |
| § | Heavy duty rubber gloves: 4 pair |