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Pediatric Disaster Medicine: Prehospital Triage After a Tornado

  • 2025

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    Step into a high-stakes pediatric mass casualty scenario and enhance your triage skills with this interactive simulation using the SALT system.

    Timely, effective triage is critical during pediatric mass casualty incidents. In this interactive simulation, you’ll assist an EMS team at a school disaster scene, using the SALT triage system to assess injured children, assign triage tags, and make key decisions about ambulance transport and hospital destinations. Enroll in this hands-on simulation to strengthen your triage skills, apply the SALT system, and practice making critical transport decisions in a pediatric disaster scenario.

    What You Will Learn

    * Apply the SALT triage system to a pediatric mass casualty scenario
    * Make informed decisions on ambulance utilization and hospital destinations
    * Understand how regional hospital capabilities impact triage and transport decisions
    * Strengthen your readiness to respond effectively to large-scale pediatric emergencies

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