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Red for treat first.
Also known as: Priority 1, T1 category, Red triage
The mass-casualty triage category for a casualty with a life-threatening injury who is likely to survive with immediate treatment.
Marks a casualty needing immediate treatment to survive.
Contexts: Medicine, Public information
Ranks by who benefits most from immediate care rather than by who is most badly hurt, which is why the most severely injured casualty is not necessarily the red one.
Contexts: Medicine, Public information
The record names the category and its colour and is not a source for how a casualty should be assessed or assigned.
Not clinical guidance; assignment criteria are a matter for trained responders and their own protocols.
Contexts: Medicine, Public information
A red band, tag or card attached to the casualty, and a red-marked area of ground at the casualty collection point.