26984 words

triage

4 definitions • 9 examples
1
the process of quickly examining patients who are taken to a hospital in order to decide which ones are the most seriously ill and must be treated first:

Examples:

The team's main job is to treat trauma victims at the scene of a disaster and perform triage.
The triage nurse told him he would have to wait.
2
the process of examining problems in order to decide which ones are the most serious and must be dealt with first:

Examples:

We are performing triage on funding requests.
3
to quickly examine patients who are taken to a hospital in order to decide which ones are the most seriously ill and must be treated first:

Examples:

The casualties were triaged.
Patients are triaged so that those most in need get blood first.
The hardest thing for me was having to start triaging and treating patients in a less than ideal environment.
4
to examine problems in order to decide which ones are the most serious and must be dealt with first:

Examples:

The job consisted of triaging stacks of burglary incident reports.
The sheer number of claims has insurers triaging which policyholders get attention first.

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