There were about 3,000 people there, including firemen, policemen, nurses and pharmacists. Some of them broke into the University and got medical supplies. They set up a triage unit, and were able to keep the peace intact. We didn't experience the lawlessness they saw in other areas.
Quotes about triage (8 Quotes)
We triage the community as we go through -- situations that we can respond to, situations we need to let go,
With limited resources physicians must pick and choose who must receive immediate medical attention and who can wait, ... In a triage setting, patients with minor injuries or sickness are given a green arm band. Those with moderate afflictions receive a yellow band and those in the most immediate need of medical assistance are given a red arm band.
We've been discussing this for quite a while, ... We were looking for the appropriate site and appropriate tribute, and we wanted to have it someplace along the waterfront. We wanted it there, not only as a tribute to the victims, but also in honor of all the rescue groups who aided more than 70,000 people who used the ferry as way of a safe exit from New York after the attacks. Those 70,000 people came through Weehawken that day and were aided by volunteers, police, fire, EMS workers. They received medical treatment in our triage centers. Some just needed to get cleaned up and receive water. We distributed water by the thousands that day.
I don't think the city has done nearly enough for disasters --manmade or natural. In the wake of Katrina I want to take a look at our evacuations at our ability to transport the elderly and infirm ... at triage possibilities.
Bob was in a hospital in Fairhope, Alabama, ... A few days after he went through triage for his arms, he got an infection. The dirty water got into an open cut and it's a really bad infection. He's being treated with antibiotics through an IV.
My life is triage.
We were front-line trauma triage people, ... We wanted to get out front where we could use our skills.