TY - JOUR ID - 99934 TI - A Triage Model for Chemical Warfare Casualties JO - Trauma Monthly JA - TM LA - en SN - 2251-7464 AU - Khoshnevis, Mohammad Ali AU - Panahi, Yunes AU - Ghanei, Mostafa AU - Borna, Hojat AU - Sahebkar, Amirhossein AU - Aslani, Jafar AD - Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 20 IS - 3 SP - EP - KW - triage KW - chemical warfare KW - Nerve Agents KW - protocol DO - 10.5812/traumamon.16211 N2 - Context: The main objectives of triage are securing patient safety during the process of emergency diagnosis and treatment, and reduction of waiting time for medical services and transport. To date, there is no triage system for nerve agent victims. Evidence Acquisition: This systematic review proposes a new triage system for patients exposed to nerve agents. Information regarding clinical signs and symptoms of intoxication with nerve agents, primary treatments, and classification of patients were extracted from the literature. All related articles were reviewed. Subsequently, specialists from different disciplines were invited to discuss and draft protocols. Results: Finalized triage tables summarizing the classification methods and required protocols in the field were designed after several meetings. Conclusions: The proposed triage protocol encompasses aspects from most of the existing triage systems to create a single overarching guide for unifying the triage process. The proposed protocol can serve as a base for the designing future guidelines. UR - https://www.traumamon.com/article_99934.html L1 - https://www.traumamon.com/article_99934_f141d6b2e39e890b08c26dff680daf5b.pdf ER -