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Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts

The use of drones for triage in mass-casualty incidents has recently emerged as a promising technology. However, there is no triage system specifically adapted to a remote usage. Our study aimed to develop a remote triage procedure using drones. The research was performed in three stages: literature...

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Autores principales: Álvarez-García, Cristina, Cámara-Anguita, Sixto, López-Hens, José María, Granero-Moya, Nani, López-Franco, María Dolores, María-Comino-Sanz, Inés, Sanz-Martos, Sebastián, Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Pedro Luis
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33974634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242947
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author Álvarez-García, Cristina
Cámara-Anguita, Sixto
López-Hens, José María
Granero-Moya, Nani
López-Franco, María Dolores
María-Comino-Sanz, Inés
Sanz-Martos, Sebastián
Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Pedro Luis
author_facet Álvarez-García, Cristina
Cámara-Anguita, Sixto
López-Hens, José María
Granero-Moya, Nani
López-Franco, María Dolores
María-Comino-Sanz, Inés
Sanz-Martos, Sebastián
Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Pedro Luis
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description The use of drones for triage in mass-casualty incidents has recently emerged as a promising technology. However, there is no triage system specifically adapted to a remote usage. Our study aimed to develop a remote triage procedure using drones. The research was performed in three stages: literature review, the development of a remote triage algorithm using drones and evaluation of the algorithm by experts. Qualitative synthesis and the calculation of content validity ratios were done to achieve the Aerial Remote Triage System. This algorithm assesses (in this order): major bleeding, walking, consciousness and signs of life; and then classify the injured people into several priority categories: priority 1 (red), priority 2 (yellow), priority 3 (green) and priority * (violet). It includes the possibility to indicate save-living interventions to injured people and bystanders, like the compression of bleeding injuries or the adoption of the recovery position. The Aerial Remote Triage System may be a useful way to perform triage by drone in complex emergencies when it is difficult to access to the scene due to physical, chemical or biological risks.
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spelling pubmed-81126762021-05-24 Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts Álvarez-García, Cristina Cámara-Anguita, Sixto López-Hens, José María Granero-Moya, Nani López-Franco, María Dolores María-Comino-Sanz, Inés Sanz-Martos, Sebastián Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Pedro Luis PLoS One Research Article The use of drones for triage in mass-casualty incidents has recently emerged as a promising technology. However, there is no triage system specifically adapted to a remote usage. Our study aimed to develop a remote triage procedure using drones. The research was performed in three stages: literature review, the development of a remote triage algorithm using drones and evaluation of the algorithm by experts. Qualitative synthesis and the calculation of content validity ratios were done to achieve the Aerial Remote Triage System. This algorithm assesses (in this order): major bleeding, walking, consciousness and signs of life; and then classify the injured people into several priority categories: priority 1 (red), priority 2 (yellow), priority 3 (green) and priority * (violet). It includes the possibility to indicate save-living interventions to injured people and bystanders, like the compression of bleeding injuries or the adoption of the recovery position. The Aerial Remote Triage System may be a useful way to perform triage by drone in complex emergencies when it is difficult to access to the scene due to physical, chemical or biological risks. Public Library of Science 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8112676/ /pubmed/33974634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242947 Text en © 2021 Álvarez-García et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Álvarez-García, Cristina
Cámara-Anguita, Sixto
López-Hens, José María
Granero-Moya, Nani
López-Franco, María Dolores
María-Comino-Sanz, Inés
Sanz-Martos, Sebastián
Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Pedro Luis
Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts
title Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts
title_full Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts
title_fullStr Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts
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title_short Development of the Aerial Remote Triage System using drones in mass casualty scenarios: A survey of international experts
title_sort development of the aerial remote triage system using drones in mass casualty scenarios: a survey of international experts
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33974634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242947
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