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Table 1 Rephrased and merged criteria with fractions

From: A translational triage research development tool: standardizing prehospital triage decision-making systems in mass casualty incidents

DEA/PX

Non-ambulatory (5/7)

Not breathing (7/7)

 after 1–2 attempts at positioning airway (3/7)

 after chest decompression (1/7)

No pulse (1/7)

Obvious signs of death (2/7)

Following commands/neurological status (1/7)

 unable (1/7)

IMMEDIATE/P1

Non-ambulatory (6/7)

Breathing/Open airway (6/7)

 only after positioning (1/7)

Respiratory distress (2/7)

RR (4/7)

 > 30/min (1/7)

 > 30/min or < 10/min (1/7) (full coverage)

 ≥ 22/min or < 12/min (1/7)

 > 29/min or < 10/min (1/7)

Radial/peripheral pulse absent (5/7)

HR (2/7)

 ≥ 100/min (1/7)

 > 120/min (1/7)

CF > 2 s (2/7)

Following commands/neurological status (6/7)

unable (5/7)

 …or not making purposeful movements (1/7)

 GCS < 14 (1/7)

Major hemorrhage persistent after attempt to control (2/7)

Likely to survive given current resources (1/7)

Not deadly injured (1/7)

URGENT/P2

Non-ambulatory and not [PX] or [P1] (6/7)

Not fulfilling any [PX] or [P1] criteria (1/7)

More than minor injuries (1/7)

DELAYED/P3

Ambulatory (6/7)

Only minor injuries (1/7)

  1. Majority criteria shown in bold letters