How Should Nurses Prioritize Patients During an Evacuation?
During an evacuation, triage principles should be applied to prioritize patients:
1. Ambulatory Patients: Those who can walk should be guided to evacuate first. 2. Non-Ambulatory Patients: Patients who need assistance should be evacuated next, using appropriate equipment. 3. Critical Patients: Patients in critical condition should be evacuated last, but with the highest priority for care and monitoring.
