In START triage, what color tag indicates a patient with minor injuries who can walk?

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In START triage, what color tag indicates a patient with minor injuries who can walk?

In START triage, colors quickly signal how soon someone needs care. Green is the tag for walking wounded—people with minor injuries who can move to safety or a treatment area without immediate life-threatening issues. This matters because the goal in a mass-casualty situation is to use limited resources where they’re most needed; those who can walk aren’t in immediate danger and can help or evacuate themselves, leaving responders free to focus on red-tagged patients who need urgent intervention. The other colors represent more urgent or impossible-to-rescue conditions: red for immediate life threats, yellow for delayed but stable, and black for deceased or unrecoverable.

In START triage, colors quickly signal how soon someone needs care. Green is the tag for walking wounded—people with minor injuries who can move to safety or a treatment area without immediate life-threatening issues. This matters because the goal in a mass-casualty situation is to use limited resources where they’re most needed; those who can walk aren’t in immediate danger and can help or evacuate themselves, leaving responders free to focus on red-tagged patients who need urgent intervention. The other colors represent more urgent or impossible-to-rescue conditions: red for immediate life threats, yellow for delayed but stable, and black for deceased or unrecoverable.

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