triager
Urgency case evaluator
A triager is someone who performs triage—sorting and prioritizing cases by urgency.
The term appears most often in medical contexts, where a triager assesses patients to determine who needs immediate attention: The triager in the emergency room directed the chest pain patient straight to cardiology.
In software development, a triager reviews bug reports and feature requests, deciding which deserve priority.
Evaluative selection process
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- routingPath selection process
delegation · handoff · queue · assignment · processing · sorting · gatekeeping · filtering
Pressing need for action
- severityIntensity of sternness
- acuitySharpness of mind or sight
- criticalityState of utmost importance
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
sorting · categorization · classification · ranking · queuing · allocation · immediacy · precedence
screening
Evaluative selection process
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
routing · delegation · handoff · queue · assignment · processing · sorting · gatekeeping · filtering · distribution
urgency
Pressing need for action
- severityIntensity of sternness
- acuitySharpness of mind or sight
- criticalityState of utmost importance
escalation · sorting · categorization · classification · ranking · queuing · allocation · immediacy · precedence · vital
nurse
Healthcare provider, bedside
diagnosis · symptoms · hospital · clinic · vitals · screening · chart · admission · ward · bedside
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
casualty · trauma · evacuation · scene · stretcher · field · responder · incident · catastrophe · battlefield
triagerattending physician
Senior doctor supervising care
surgeon · therapist · specialist · primary care physician · healer
- 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