Injured person attachment card

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Injury card of the DRK
Injury card of the DRK

The injured person attachment card (VAK) is a card system that is used in the event of a large number of injured persons (MANV) for uniform registration of patient data and for documentation of the injury or illness, as well as the measures taken.

Accompanying cards or ID / reference cards are used to register uninjured persons (affected persons) . The VAK is usually attached to the patient with transparent pockets and an elastic cord.

conditions

A consensus conference of the Protection Commission at the Federal Ministry of the Interior formulated the following basic requirements for an injured person attachment card for Germany:

  • highest possible material stability, even at extreme temperatures and weather influences
  • optimum writability with standard pens
  • good visibility of the sighting result - even from a greater distance if necessary
  • good "fastening" or hanging around the people to be sighted

Use in the sighting

Registration should be done as early as possible. During the inspection , at least the patient number, the inspection category , the time, the name of the examining doctor and a brief diagnosis must be noted on the casualty card. The viewing categories are usually pre-printed and only need to be ticked. New cards are equipped with a color card so that the status of the patient can be recognized from a distance. Here red stands for category 1, yellow for 2, green for 3, blue or gray for 4 and black for deceased .

The patient number should be assigned by the on-site manager ( chief emergency doctor , organizational manager ). It must be unique for use, although simple numbering is usually sufficient.

construction

In addition to the brief diagnosis, there is also space for further documentation on the casualty card. There are checkboxes with space for free text for injury , burns , illness , poisoning , overexposure and psyche . The lead diagnosis is also marked by a circle. A stylized representation of the human body makes it possible to mark the affected body region by ticking. The patient's condition can also be specified using checkboxes with o. B. (no findings) or (for reduced or restricted). Checkboxes are also provided for the medication used in the initial therapy, as well as for the means and destination of transport . A larger area is provided as a free text field for comments, where further information can be given or medical information can be specified.

Germany

In Germany, the injured person's attachment card from the German Red Cross is primarily used, but other card systems are also used locally. The VAK of the German Red Cross is characterized among other things by the fact that it is produced in a set of forms with a search service card. The copies are sent to the tracing service so that the search for missing persons is made easier. Additional information such as name, date of birth, place of residence, location, gender, religion, nationality, special features, transport destination and whereabouts are requested.

Austria and Switzerland

The patient guidance system is used in Switzerland and Austria .

development

Since 2017 there have been systems that transmit the sighting category wirelessly (e.g. RescueWave).

Examples

  • Triage card of the Hamburg fire brigade (back side)

  • Patient guidance system card (front)

  • Tokyo Fire Department Triage Map

  • US Army triage map

  • Triage card (NL)

  • Rescue.Node - automated and digital attachment card

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FOCUS Online: District of Germersheim: District of Germersheim is the first to test RescueWave system . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed June 1, 2017]).
  2. ↑ RescueWave | Sighting and operations management in real time. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .