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Emergency Medical Service employees can effectively learn and apply the Ten Second Triage method for simple mass casualty scenarios following brief training, though complex cases require further instruction. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate whether emergency medical service (EMS) personnel can effectively learn and implement the Ten Second Triage (TST) protocol following a brief educational intervention.

August 19, 2026International Emergency NursingOpen Access

Ten second triage method is feasible to teach and learn. An observational study from Finland

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CMCia MeskusTampere University Hospital JEJanne EerolaPirkanmaa Hospital District SKSanna KauppinenPirkanmaa Hospital District

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Observational study demonstrates high post-training accuracy for simple mass casualty triage among emergency medical personnel, highlighting the need for advanced training in complex scenarios.

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To evaluate whether emergency medical service (EMS) personnel can effectively learn and implement the Ten Second Triage (TST) protocol following a brief educational intervention.
Observational study evaluated EMS employees in Finland after pre-course study, a lecture, and a 1-hour simulation training session.
A questionnaire with four simulated traffic accident scenarios assessed triage accuracy and perceived competence, analyzed using the Fisher-Freeman-Halton exact test and Pearson Chi-Square tests.
Of 450 eligible EMS personnel, 390 (82%) completed the evaluation, achieving correct triage rates between 88% and 94% across three standard scenarios, but only 28% on a complex case.
Overall, 303 participants (79%) reported feeling competent using the TST method post-training, while 61 (16%) indicated a need for further training.

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Meskus et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8563d703308d306e2d7450 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2026.101891

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Observational study demonstrates high post-training accuracy for simple mass casualty triage among emergency medical personnel, highlighting the need for advanced training in complex scenarios.

Ten second triage method is feasible to teach and learn. An observational study from Finland

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Ten second triage method is feasible to teach and learn. An observational study from Finland

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