Farm Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Farm Emergency Triage Guide
A farm emergency triage guide with ordered steps for sorting injured people or animals by urgency, calling for help, and giving basic care while waiting for responders.
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The steps on this page
- Make the scene safe first
- Call emergency services
- Count the injured
- Check breathing and bleeding
- Treat life threats first
- Assign a helper to each patient
- Keep people warm and still
- Note times and symptoms
- Hand over information to responders
How to use this guide
Walk a new hand through the steps once, then let them use the page on their own. Add your own notes as you learn what works.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with Ready.gov and CDC.
For more in this area, see the farm and ranch safety info. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including Farm Accidents Aren’t Fun, and farming farm stories.