Triage tag

With the aid of the triage tags, the first-arriving personnel are able to effectively and efficiently distribute the limited resources and provide the necessary immediate care for the victims until more help arrives.

Triage tags were first introduced by Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, a French surgeon in Napoleon's army.

The triage tags are placed near the head and are used to better separate the victims so that when more help arrives, the patients are easily recognizable for the extra help to ascertain the most dire cases.

A triage tag is two-sided, but the actual layout of the sections vary between and within countries and between governmental agencies.

There is no universal agreement in the design of triage tags, so each authority has implemented their own version to meet their needs.