title: Patient vital signs cards.
abstract: In the context of developing a mass casualty evaluation methodology and in the pursuit of increased realism in the field, a system of casualty time cards has been developed. These cards capture most elements of the physician evaluation and free decision-making from the ambiguity that necessarily accompanies having a doctor 'evaluate' mock victims. They manifest the deterioration or death of the victim as time goes by and condition the risks and outcomes to depend upon treatment.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011379:Prognosis; D011674:Pulse; D012119:Respiration; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*