Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts

Autor: Nani Granero-Moya, María Dolores López-Franco, Sixto Cámara-Anguita, José María López-Hens, Sebastián Sanz-Martos, Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Cristina Álvarez-García, Inés María-Comino-Sanz
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Emergency Medical Services
Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Aircraft
Physiology
Computer science
Psychological intervention
Vascular Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Content validity
Mass Casualty Incidents
Audio Equipment
Data Management
Multidisciplinary
Social communication
Applied Mathematics
Simulation and Modeling
Respiration
Mass Casualty
Breathing
Physical Sciences
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
Medical emergency
Algorithms
Major bleeding
Research Article
Biotechnology
Computer and Information Sciences
Science
Loudspeakers
Equipment
Bioengineering
Hemorrhage
Research and Analysis Methods
Signs and Symptoms
medicine
Humans
Data Visualization
Biology and Life Sciences
medicine.disease
Triage
Drone
Color Codes
Medical Devices and Equipment
Clinical Medicine
Emergencies
Physiological Processes
Mathematics
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0242947 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242947
Popis: The use of drones for triage in mass-casualty incidents has recently emerged as a promising technology. However, there is no triage system specifically adapted to a remote usage. Our study aimed to develop a remote triage procedure using drones. The research was performed in three stages: literature review, the development of a remote triage algorithm using drones and evaluation of the algorithm by experts. Qualitative synthesis and the calculation of content validity ratios were done to achieve the Aerial Remote Triage System. This algorithm assesses (in this order): major bleeding, walking, consciousness and signs of life; and then classify the injured people into several priority categories: priority 1 (red), priority 2 (yellow), priority 3 (green) and priority * (violet). It includes the possibility to indicate save-living interventions to injured people and bystanders, like the compression of bleeding injuries or the adoption of the recovery position. The Aerial Remote Triage System may be a useful way to perform triage by drone in complex emergencies when it is difficult to access to the scene due to physical, chemical or biological risks.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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