How to label and interpret a Casualty
During emergency, the seriously injured or unconscious persons are carried on stretchers to hospitals for treatment. Labels made up hard paper are placed on his stretcher and / or his forehead for easy deification. The symbols put on these labels and their interpretation is as shown in the following table.
Labeling the Casualties
Label interpretation
C – Contaminated by persistent gas.
H- Severe hemorrhage has occurred.
M- Morphine has been given. The time of administration and dose should be written on the label.
P- Burnt by phosphorus.
R- Radioactive exposure.
T- A tourniquet (constrictive bandage) has been applied. The time of application and subsequent releases should be indicated on the label.
X- Requires urgent removal to a hospital from the incident and urgent treatment of mainly, but not exclusively for wounds of the chest and abdomen, for internal haemorrhage and for all unconscious victims.
XX – Poisoned by nerve gas or no persistent gas.
