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classify victims during a mass casualty incident. Simple triage and rapid treatment ( START) is a triage method used by first responders to quickly classify victims during a mass casualty incident (MCI) based on the severity of their injury. The method was developed in 1983 by the staff members of Hoag Hospital and Newport Beach Fire Department ...
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Ventilator. A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently.
RPM-30-2-Can Do. RPM-30-2-Can Do is a mnemonic device for the criteria used in the START triage system, which is used to sort patients into categories at a mass casualty incident. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The mnemonic is pronounced "R, P, M, thirty, two, can do."
The situation, task, action, result ( STAR) format is a technique [ 1] used by interviewers to gather all the relevant information about a specific capability that the job requires. [citation needed] Situation: The interviewer wants you to present a recent challenging situation in which you found yourself.
1. (medical) Ventilation in which the surface of the thorax is exposed to pressure below the ambient pressure during inspiration. Used as a method of artificial respiration (iron lung). [45] 2. (diving) Breathing where the pressure of the breathing gas at the mouth is lower than the ambient pressure at the thorax.
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