During an MCI which group is in charge of assessing and sorting patients?

• A. Security
• B. Transport
• C. Triage
• D. Treatment

Answer: (C)

In a mass casualty incident, triage is the process of rapidly assessing patients on scene and sorting them by urgency to guide who needs care first and where they should be transported. This on-scene prioritization helps maximize survivors when resources are overwhelmed. The goal isn’t security or the actual medical treatment itself, but determining who needs immediate life-saving intervention, who can wait, and who has minimal chance of benefit from rapid care. Security maintains scene safety, transport moves patients according to the triage decisions, and treatment provides care after triage has categorized patients. So, the group responsible for assessing and sorting is triage.