Medical: Comparison Chart

Household

Street

Neighborhood

Community

Objective

Keep people alive, stable, and comfortable.

• Keep people alive.

• Transport the seriously injured/ill to the Disaster Hubs.

• Triage injuries at the Disaster Hub.

• Treat and stabilize injuries/illnesses at the Disaster Hub.

• Report injuries/illnesses status to the Emergency Operations Center.

• Treat the injured/ill at the Disaster Medical Center.

• Triage and transport injured/ill to hospitals unaffected by the disaster.

Lead

People in the household.

• Street Captain

• Triage Coordinator

• Disaster Hubs Medical Leads

• Disaster Hubs MRC volunteers

• Disaster Medical Center Director

• Disaster Medical Center staff

Location

Home

Street

Disaster Hub

Disaster Medical Center

Gear

Basic or advanced first aid kit (depending on training)

Household first aid kits

Disaster Hub medical supplies

Disaster Medical Center supplies

Training

• Stop the Bleed

• CPR/AED

• First Aid

• CPR/AED

• First Aid

• Wilderness First Response

• Wilderness First Aid

• CPR/AED

• Wilderness First Response

Professional Medical Degree (Nurse, Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, etc.)

Decision Points

Get neighbors to help?

• Take the injured person to Disaster Hub?

• What injuries are the priority?

• Triage injuries (green, yellow/red, black)

• Transport injured person to Disaster Medical Center?

Transport the injured person to an out-of-area hospital?