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triˈɑʒtriage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triagenoun

    sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food

Wiktionary

  1. triagenoun

    Assessment or sorting according to quality.

  2. triagenoun

    The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

  3. triagenoun

    The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.

  4. triageverb

    To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect.

  5. Etymology: From triage, from trier

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  1. triage

    Triage is a process of prioritizing patients or cases based on the severity of their condition or urgency of the situation in order to allocate limited resources effectively for the best possible outcome. It is commonly used in medical settings during emergencies or mass casualty situations, but the concept can also be applied in other fields such as disaster response, project management, or customer support.

Wikidata

  1. Triage

    Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sift or select. Triage may result in determining the order and priority of emergency treatment, the order and priority of emergency transport, or the transport destination for the patient. Triage may also be used for patients arriving at the emergency department, or telephoning medical advice systems, among others. This article deals with the concept of triage as it occurs in medical emergencies, including the prehospital setting, disasters, and emergency room treatment. The term Triage may have originated during the Napoleonic Wars from the work of Dominique Jean Larrey. The term was used further during World War I by French doctors treating the battlefield wounded at the aid stations behind the front. Those responsible for the removal of the wounded from a battlefield or their care afterwards would divide the victims into three categories: ⁕Those who are likely to live, regardless of what care they receive;

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Triage

    trī′āj, n. what is picked out, esp. broken coffee-beans.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Triage

    The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.

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  1. aigret

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of triage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of triage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of triage in a Sentence

  1. Rachael Rollins:

    At my request, Suffolk County prosecutors used the discretion constitutionally allocated to the executive branch to triage cases and use our resources most effectively to protect public safety, make no mistake : some people were appropriately arraigned and will be held accountable for actions that put the safety of the public and law enforcement at risk.

  2. James Versalovic:

    In addition to prevention... we need to continue to emphasize to all parents and families the importance of timely diagnosing through testing, and then triage the care appropriately. Decide whether that child needs hospital-based care. We know how to treat children at this point in the pandemic.

  3. Mayor Jennifer Hobbs:

    We are still in triage mode.

  4. Holly Wilson:

    These do not have to compete but can be used by a hospital ethics committee, or triage officer. However, all of them have problems and are unjust ways to distribute health care. That is why mitigation is so important.

  5. Rita Redberg:

    Look for primary care physicians that have 24 hour-telephone triage available so that you can ask questions of a trained professional if you are not sure if you need to seek medical attention, or are best off at home with rest and fluids, by seeking medical attention, particularly at a urgent care or retail clinic, you are likely to get an unnecessary antibiotic, which may be harmful for you.

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