Red – Immediate
When you arrive at an emergency where someone has used the START triage system, your first priority is to find and treat the IMMEDIATE patients. These patients are at risk for early death - usually due to shock . They should be stabilized and transported as soon as possible.
Yellow – DelayedPatients who have been categorized as DELAYED are still injured and these injuries may be serious.They were placed in the DELAYED category because their respirations were under 30 per minute, capillary refill was under 2 seconds and they could follow simple commands.