Triage

The sorting or selection of injured to determine the priority of care to be rendered to each.


Commonly used to describe the sortins out or screening of patients seeking care, to determine which service is initially required and with what priority. A patient coming to a facility for care may be seen in. a triage, screening or walk-in clinic. Here it will be determined, possibly by a triage nurse, whether, for example, the patient has a medical or surgical problem, or requires some non-physician service such as social work consultation. Such rapid assessment units may merely refer patients to the most appropriate treatment service, or may also give treatment for minor problems. Originally used to describe the sorting of battle casualties into groups who could wait for care, would benefit from immediate care, and were beyond care.


The system in which a doctor or nurse sees patients briefly in order to decide who should be treated first.


Sorting or classification of patients according to the nature and urgency of their illnesses or injuries, and assigning priorities for treatment.


Classification process, used in military medicine, in disasters, and in hospital emergency departments, whereby the wounded, injured, or sick are sorted according to the severity of their injuries or illnesses and their need for immediate treatment, so that those most likely to survive with treatment will be given medical care first. In many systems, those awaiting treatment are grouped as follows; those with life-threatening conditions who can be saved with immediate treatment; those with serious conditions that should be treated within 1 or 2 hours; and those with noncritical conditions for whom treatment can be delayed until more urgent cases are treated.


Derived from the French word for ‘sorting’, triage is a universal term applied to methods of allocating treatment prioritizations for casualties from disasters or in warfare. The procedure helps a medical team to treat casualties who, although badly injured, can be saved; to defer those whose treatment is less urgent; and to provide only care and comfort for those with fatal injuries.


The screening and classification of casualties to make optimal use of treatment resources and to maximize the survival and welfare of patients.


In situations of mass casualties where treating all patients simultaneously is unfeasible, a mechanism is employed to ascertain the order of patient treatment based on the gravity of their injuries. This system, known as triage, serves to prioritize emergency treatment, emergency transport, or the designated emergency transport endpoint.


A categorization method aimed at determining the order of treatment priority for a collection of patients. Triage is employed within hospital emergency departments to organize patients into various groups based on the severity of their injuries and their requirement for immediate medical attention. The primary goal is to maximize the chances of survival for the largest number of individuals.


 


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