triage
Emergency case ranking
Triage is the process of sorting casualties or patients by urgency to determine treatment priority.
In emergencies with limited resources, medical personnel triage the wounded—treating the most critical but salvageable cases first.
The term extends to any systematic prioritization: We need to triage these customer complaints.
Email triage means quickly sorting messages by importance.
Emergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- woundedHaving sustained harm
accident · ER · bleeding · dispatch · 911 · medevac · disaster · battlefield
Pressing need for action
- severityIntensity of sternness
- allocationDistribution of shares
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
queue · waiting · categorization · sorting · ranking · red · yellow · green
Identification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- vitalsBasic body measurements
patient · history · clinical · signs · laboratory · imaging · consultation · referral
Risking death
- resuscitateRestore to consciousness
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- ICUAcute care ward
hemorrhage · sepsis · shock · airway · stabilize · intubation · critical · immediate
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
wounded · accident · ER · bleeding · dispatch · 911 · medevac · disaster · battlefield · rescue
urgency
Pressing need for action
- severityIntensity of sternness
- allocationDistribution of shares
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
rationing · queue · waiting · categorization · sorting · ranking · red · yellow · green · priority
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
vitals · patient · history · clinical · signs · laboratory · imaging · consultation · referral · differential
life-threatening
Risking death
- resuscitateRestore to consciousness
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
ICU · hemorrhage · sepsis · shock · airway · stabilize · intubation · critical · immediate · resuscitation
tickets
Documents permitting entry
workflow · tasks · urgent · delegation · issues · queue · sorting · bugs · escalation · stakeholders
- judgment callsjudgment, verdict, ruling, determination, close call
- Prioritizingrank, sort, order, weigh, assess
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- doctor tasksdiagnosis, treatment, prescribing, patient care, physical exams
- professional judgmentdiagnosis, prognosis, assessment, evaluation, recommendation
- ski patrolski patroller, avalanche control, avalanche rescue, first aid, trail markers
triagerandom selection
Choosing without systematic bias
lottery system · FIFO · queuing · queue · waiting list
triagechaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disarray · pandemonium · disorganization · confusion
- medical triageSorting casualties by urgency
- triage nurseClinician who ranks patient urgency
- triage centerWhere casualties get prioritized
- email triageSorting messages by importance
- battlefield triagePrioritizing casualties for treatment
- triage areaMedical sorting station