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Table 2 Final list of criteria related to the victim’s health

From: Priority setting in the Brazilian emergency medical service: a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

Dimension

Criteria

Description

Scale

Criteria related to the victim’s health

Airways and oxygenation

The victim breathes normally, does not breathe or has a loud or altered breathing. This has a direct impact on the victim’s health

They’re on a verbal scale, ranging from one to four. Where 1 stands for Unhurt, and 4 Severe (Unhurt, Small, Medium and Severe). A higher value is preferable to a lower value. (Maximization)

State of consciousness

The victim seems normal, confused, unconscious, had a seizure or loosened sphincters

Pulse

Investigation of the victim’s pulse, the doctor wants to investigate if it’s normal, fast, slow or non existent

Airways and oxygenation

The victim breathes normally, does not breathe or has a loud or altered breathing. This has a direct impact on the victim’s health

Trauma

The doctor wants to know if there’s visible bleeding, body deformity, burns, incarceration or confinement

Victim’s health history

Historical data of the ailment, recurrence, hereditary diseases, or any other information that might contribute to the treatment