They called it START: Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment. In 1983, Newport Beach firefighters conducted a drill involving high school students with fake injuries simulating a mass casualty bus ...

Brandon Heggie puts EMS providers, particularly those who operate in the rural environment, in position to handle the first 20 minutes of a mass-casualty incident on their own. The first thing ...

There are a few detailed systems for triaging people after a mass casualty incident—START (Simple triage and rapid treatment) is the most commonly taught in the United States, and SALT (Sort ...

Some departments have adopted a rapid triage method called START (Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment) in which three criteria are used for rapid evaluation: Respiration, Perfusion and Mental status ...

Delays in diagnosis reduce survival and necessitate more aggressive treatment. We aimed to develop and validate a simple, noninvasive, and reliable triage test for EC to reduce the number of ...

However, I must disagree that in mass casualty situations “Most experts agree that START (simple triage and rapid treatment) … is the best strategy”. This recommendation should only be made if the ...

Effectiveness of Intensive Versus Minimalist Follow-Up Regimen on Survival in Patients With Endometrial Cancer (TOTEM Study): A Randomized, Pragmatic, Parallel Group, Multicenter Trial We developed a ...