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triage
[ tree-ahzh ]
noun
- the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- the determination of priorities for action:
She began her workday with a triage of emails.
adjective
- of, relating to, or performing the task of triage:
a triage officer.
verb (used with object)
- to act on or in by triage:
to triage a crisis.
triage
/ ˌtriːˈɑːʒ; ˈtraɪ-; ˈtriːˌɑːʒ /
noun
- (in a hospital) the principle or practice of sorting emergency patients into categories of priority for treatment
- the principle or practice of sorting casualties in battle or disaster into categories of priority for treatment
- the principle or practice of allocating limited resources, as of food or foreign aid, on a basis of expediency rather than according to moral principles or the needs of the recipients
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of triage1
Example Sentences
"As a result, this technology could be used in the future to offer virtual triage services in walk-in clinics, pharmacies, and community centers."
At no point did the NHS have to impose a formal ‘national triage’, where someone was refused treatment because they could not get a hospital bed.
"I kept having issues in the pregnancy and triage took ages – they wouldn’t get back until a day later," she said.
Courts have tried to triage the shortage by assigning the court reporters they do have to the most serious cases, such as felony trials.
There are three so far – one for triage, one to hold suspected cases and one to take confirmed cases before they can be transferred to the wards.
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