Look up: Triage

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   Triage
   Triage is the act of categorizing patients according to acuity and by determining that need services first. Most commonly occurs in emergency rooms, but, can occur in any healthcare setting. Classification of ill or injured persons by severity of condition. Designed to maximize and create the most efficient use of scarce resources of medical personnel and facilities.
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   Triage
   A process used in hospitals' emergency departments for assessing the relative needs of patients when deciding which should be given priority for treatment. The term is sometimes used in the distribution of limited resources for charitable aid and in the allocation of homes for homeless people.
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   triage
   [n] - sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
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   triage
   Triage is the process of separating out sick or injured people based on their need for medical treatment. In emergencies, staff need to decide which patients get treated first.
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   Triage
   Process of prioritising the evacuation of the injured by the medical or ambulance staff at the casualty receiving station
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   Triage
   a system used to classify sick or injured people according to the severity of their conditions
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   Triage
   Triage: The process of sorting people based on their need for immediate medical treatment as compared to their chance of benefiting from such care. Triage is done in emergency rooms, disasters and wars when limited medical resources must be allocated to maximize the number of survivors. The US Department of Defense defines 'triage' as follows: 'The ...
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   triage
   selection and categorisation of the victims of a disaster with the view to appropriate treatment according to the degree of severity of illness or injury, and the availability of medical and transport facilities; -DDMG Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Triage
   The sorting out and prioritising of patients or casualties.
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    triage
    The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    triage
    noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
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    Triage
    `Triage` is a system of sorting patients according to need when resources are insufficient for all to be treated. The term comes from the French word `triage`, meaning `sorting process`. There are two kinds: simple triage and advanced triage.
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    triage
    (tre-ahzh´) (tre´ahzh) the classification of casualties of war or other disaster, to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.
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    Triage
    Triage is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Emergency` The name Triage doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Triage seems to be unique!
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    triage
    triage (tree AHZH) The screening and classification of wounded, sick, or injured patients during war or another disaster to determine priority needs and thereby ensure the most efficient use of medical and surgical manpower, equipment, and facilities. This word is here only because it should be known that it has no etymological connectio...
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