If a WUI placard is already up and you re-triage it, what should you do?

If a WUI placard is already up and you re-triage it, what should you do?

• A. Place a new placard over the old one
• B. Replace the placard
• C. Edit the original
• D. Remove and leave blank

Answer: (A)

When retriaging, the goal is to make the most current triage status immediately obvious to responders. Placing a new placard over the old one achieves this by presenting the updated status clearly at the same location, so there’s no confusion about which status is current. It keeps the process simple and legible, and avoids altering the original tag or leaving the status blank. Replacing, editing, or removing the placard can create ambiguity or lose important information about the prior state, whereas layering a new placard provides a clean, visible update.

When retriaging, the goal is to make the most current triage status immediately obvious to responders. Placing a new placard over the old one achieves this by presenting the updated status clearly at the same location, so there’s no confusion about which status is current. It keeps the process simple and legible, and avoids altering the original tag or leaving the status blank. Replacing, editing, or removing the placard can create ambiguity or lose important information about the prior state, whereas layering a new placard provides a clean, visible update.