| Tag color |
Triage |
Assessment |
Disposition |
| Red |
Highest priority; these patients have life-threatening injuries |
Spontaneously breathing when airway-opening maneuvers performed; respiratory rate >30/min; radial pulse absent; capillary refill >2 sec; unable to follow verbal commands |
Immediate attention required |
| Yellow |
Second priority; these patients may have life-threatening injuries but are not imminently deteriorating |
Spontaneously breathing; respiratory rate <30/min; radial pulse present; capillary refill <2 sec; obeys verbal commands |
Care may be delayed for now. Status not expected to deteriorate over several hours |
| Green |
Third priority; these patients have non-life-threatening injuries |
Able to walk and remove themselves from the scene (“walking wounded”) |
Care may be delayed as status is not likely to deteriorate |
| Black |
Lowest priority; these patients are unlikely to survive given the severity of the injuries and/or the level of care available |
Not spontaneously breathing despite attempts to position the airway |
Provide analgesia and other palliative measures |
