Patent Document ID: 7899682
Application ID: 10944110
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of triage for determining an order of treatment, or transport for treatment, for victims of a mass casualty incident, to maximize the number of survivors of the mass casualty incident, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a casualty severity score for each of a plurality of victims of a simulated mass casualty incident; inputting each casualty severity score into a computer; receiving simulated information indicative of medical transport and trauma center resources available for the plurality of victims; inputting the information indicative of medical transport and trauma center resources available into a computer; determining by a computer implemented decision logic an order of treatment, or transport for treatment, for each of the plurality of victims, wherein the decision logic mathematically factors the casualty severity scores and the information indicative of medical transport and trauma center resources available for the plurality of victims; and distributing the order of treatment, or transport for treatment, to incident personnel, on a rule-based card, chart or graph for use by the incident personnel upon occurrence of a mass casualty incident.