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by cranekam 1974 days ago
> I can highly recommend anyone to read about the process of medical emergency triage in general

Any recommendations? I had a search about but didn't find anything much beyond basic explanations of the term.

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Consider this chapter on assessment from the Trauma Nursing Core Course (1). The full provider manual may be hard to obtain, however.

(1) https://notendur.hi.is/thorsj/gogn/TNCC.pdf

Atul Gawande's Checklist Manifesto has some good discussions of complex care situations that are more or less driven by runbooks.
If you're in the US, a recommendation is to look up your local CERT[0] organization - they usually have free or low cost classes and other learning opportunities. Triage is an important part, as is preparing for disasters that are relevant for your community. Going further, a basic first aid and/or CPR class is good to get hands-on.

[0] https://www.ready.gov/cert