What do the red, yellow, green and black labels for triage stand for?

The examination and classification of trauma is an important part of disaster medicine, and it is the primary link of medical first aid at disaster site. In modern society, one of the characteristics of group injuries and on-site first aid is to classify injuries. The classification of the wounded is a dynamic process, because the condition of the wounded is constantly changing, and it is necessary to re-evaluate the wounded repeatedly and make appropriate adjustments. Examination grading has been paid more and more attention to its effective application, which plays a key role in the success or failure and quality of the whole rescue and can get twice the result with half the effort.

Batches of wounded should be classified on site and marked with injury identification cards. Critically ill patients should be marked with red cards, slightly injured patients with yellow cards, ordinary patients with green cards and dead patients with black cards.

When a patient is admitted to hospital for treatment, the doctor will check the patient at the first time, number him and tie armbands of different colors according to the degree of injury. They treat patients with different injuries according to different color number plates.

1. Patients marked in red: those who are in critical condition and need immediate treatment should be given priority. If treated in time, there is still a chance of survival.

2. Patients marked in yellow: patients with stable injury but unable to walk, stable breathing and circulation, conscious and with major trauma, but still able to wait for a short time without endangering their lives or causing physical disability, are given the second priority treatment.

3. For patients with green signs: those who are slightly injured and can act independently without serious trauma, such patients are given tertiary treatment, and even such patients can be used as human resources to help rescuers with first aid.

4. Patients marked in black: patients whose hearts are not beating and breathing, and patients who have been confirmed dead or are about to die at the scene are the least priority. These wounded people need to give up when resources are scarce, otherwise the occupation of medical resources will cause a large number of deaths of red wounded people.