Multiple-casualty incident patient tracking

A method for tracking multiple injured victims at a multiple injury scene to provide information on their medical status and their location to emergency personnel and to treatment facilities, the method comprising sequentially the steps of:

• a. attaching a tag to each of said victims, said tag having visual and machine-readable information thereon indicating the identity of said victim and a plurality of removable labels having machine-readable information thereon corresponding to urgency of treatment needed by said victim,
• b. electronically scanning and storing said machine-readable information on said tag on each of said victims,
• c. establishing a supervisor at said multiple injury scene, said supervisor establishing triage areas, treatment areas, and victim loading areas at said multiple injury scene and said supervisor being provided with equipment for polling, receiving and transmitting said electronically scanned machine-readable information stored on each of said victims to facilities remote from said multiple injury scene,
• d. transporting said victims to said triage area and electronically scanning said machine-readable information on said label on said tag on each of said victims corresponding to the urgency of treatment needed by said victim,
• e. transporting said victims to said treatment area and electronically scanning said machine-readable information on said label on said tag on each of said victims corresponding to the urgency of treatment needed by said victim, and
• f. transporting said victims to said loading area and electronically scanning said machine-readable information on said label on said tag on each of said victims corresponding to the urgency of treatment needed by said victim.