title: Mobile triage team in a community disaster plan.
abstract: Experience has shown poor predisaster planning, inadequate communication and the absence of an on-scene commander to be common and recurring problems during disaster rescue efforts. A mobile onscene triage team (MOTT) operating in Sacramento has demonstrated the following advantages: immediate access; mobility; coordinated evacuation, treatment, and disposition of mass casualty victims; control of facility overload, and appropriate initial disposition to definitive care facilities. The advantages realized with this approach arise from greater community awareness and participation in a coordinated plan for medical care in disasters.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003142:Communication; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014218:Triage