Triage Trainer

Inspiration

Our team was inspired to build Triage Trainer after recognizing how the first minutes of a mass-casualty incident can determine who lives and who dies, and how limited realistic training tools are for preparing first responders for that level of pressure.

What it does

Triage Trainer is a simulation that captures the urgency and complexity of real triage scenarios, allowing first responders to practice making rapid, high-stakes decisions in a controlled, realistic environment.

How we built it

Working closely with an EMT firefighter on the team, we combined real emergency-response experience with technical development. We translated medical criteria into clean decision logic, built patient profiles, timed high-pressure scenarios, and designed an interface for fast but informed decision-making.

Challenges we ran into

Our biggest challenges were balancing realism with usability and tuning the pacing so the simulation felt urgent without being overwhelming.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully blended medical insight, design, and engineering to create a tool that can genuinely strengthen first responder training.

What we learned

We learned how protocols like START function, how to translate medical criteria into decision logic, and the importance of user interface design under time pressure.

What's next for Triage Trainer

Future improvements include expanding scenario variety, refining patient simulations, and integrating adaptive difficulty to better prepare trainees for real-life mass-casualty incidents.

Built With

• lovable