Victim-tracking cards in a community disaster drill.
During a disaster drill at Detroit-Wayne County Metropolitan Airport in September 1978, an attempt was made to evaluate the effectiveness of triage by tracing the routes of "victims" using a system of tracking cards. The cards were placed with the victims during make-up and collected at the receiving treatment facility. The system, despite several problems encountered in its use, provided an accurate method for evaluating the manner in which "victims" were handled during the "rescue" effort.
D003116:Color; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008824:Michigan; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011996:Records; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*