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Review
. 2019 Oct;35(4):575-589.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2019.06.009. Epub 2019 Jul 27.

Triage

Michael D Christian  1
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Review

Triage

Michael D Christian. Crit Care Clin. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

This review provides an overview of triaging critically ill or injured patients during mass casualty incidents due to events such as disasters, pandemics, or terrorist incidents. Questions clinicians commonly have, including "what is triage?," "when to triage?," "what are the types of disaster triage?," "how to triage?," "what are the ethics of triage?," "how to govern triage?," and "what research is required on triage?," are addressed.

Keywords: Crisis response; Mass casualty incident; Triage.

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Priority groups commonly used in triage for health care.
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Application of triage based on magnitude of surge.
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