triage
tri·age
noun \trē-ˈäzh, ˈtrē-ˌ\medical : the process of deciding which patients should be treated first based on how sick or seriously injured they are
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- Nurses do triage in the emergency room.
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tri·age
noun \trē-ˈäzh, ˈtrē-ˌ\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of TRIAGE
triage
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. If triage is applied, the treatment of patients requiring it is not delayed by useless or unnecessary treatment of those in the other groups. Triage originated in military medicine, when limited resources faced many wounded soldiers. It is used in civilian settings during disasters or epidemics and in emergency rooms. Triage decisions are made after relatively quick examination; patients in lower-priority groups should be reexamined periodically.
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