Priority and Transportation in first Aid
Priority Conditions
Highest (red tag) – Respiratory arrest, airway obstruction and severe breathing difficulties
Cardiac arrest
Uncontrolled severe hemorrhage and shock
Severe head injuries
Open chest wounds
Burns involving respiratory tract
Unconsciousness, coma
Heart attack
Poisoning
Open abdominal wounds.
Second (green tag) – Severe burns.
Injuries to spine
Moderate hemorrhage,
Multiple fractures
Head injuries, patient conscious
Injury to spine
Lowest (white tag) –Minor fractures.
Minor bleeding
Moderate or minor burns
The ambulance
It should be in perfect condition in all of the following respects.
- Wheels, engine, and brakes.
- Doors and windows.
- Communication equipment
- Warning devices
- Lights
When on emergency duty of transporting a patient, an ambulance driver is generally granted the following privileges with respect to speed, passage through traffic, and parking…
- Exceed the speed limit by 5 to 10 mph is long as life and property of others are not endangered.
- Pass in no-entry-zones after providing an appropriate signal to other drives.
- With the proper caution and signals, disregard the regulations about traffic lights, turning etc.
- Use sound signals like siren sparingly.
