Background: You are a First Responder on duty one night when there is an explosion near a factory! A large propane tank just exploded near an employee break area with approximately 25-30 employees in the vicinity! You estimate between 15 and 20 people were injured. The uninjured employees have evacuated and declared the area safe. You radioed for assistance, and additional ambulances and five more paramedics/EMTs will arrive in about 5 to 10 minutes. You need to quickly triage patients using the Sort-Assess-Life-Saving-Interventions-Treatment (SALT) protocol. You have an Advanced First Aid Kit that includes Triage Tags.
There is a Level II Trauma Center approximately 10 minutes away by ground, and a Level I Trauma Center about 60 minutes away by ground. You do not have air medical evacuation options due to weather conditions. The ambulance crews in your region have ventilators but do not carry blood products.
What has already been done: You yelled to the patients, asking them to move and wave, and sorted them into WALKING, WAVING, and NOT MOVING groups. Next, you need to quickly assess the patients to determine what interventions they might need and place the appropriate triage tag. Selecting a disposition in the tablet will end your evaluation of that patient. Then, you will exit that scenario and move on to the next patient. You need to perform this for all patients.