During emergency, the seriously injured or unconscious persons are carried on stretchers to hospitals for treatment. Labels made up of hard paper are placed on his stretcher and/or his forehead for easy identification. The symbols put on these labels and their interpretation are as shown in the following table.
Labelling the Casualties
Label Interpretations
C – Contaminated by persistent gas.
H – Severe hemorrhage has occurred.
M – Morphine has been given. The time of administration and dose should be written on the label.
P – Burnt by phosphorus.
R – Radioactive exposure.
T – A tourniquet (constrictive bandage) has been applied. The time of application and subsequent releases should be indicated on the label.
X – Requires urgent removal to a hospital from the accident site and urgent treatment of mainly, but not exclusively for wounds of the chest and abdomen, for internal haemorrhage and for a unconscious victims.
XX – Poisoned by nerve gas or nonpersistent gas.