triage

1. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated.

2. A process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority: "For millions of Americans, each week becomes a stressful triage between work and home that leaves them feeling guilty, exhausted and angry” ( Jill Smolowe).

3. A system used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatest benefit from it.

4. The sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors.

5. The sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care.

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1. To sort or allocate by triage: triaged the patients according to their symptoms.

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aigret	7	Scrabble

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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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