Triage
“Im Notfall müssen die Ärzte eine schnelle Triage durchführen.”
“In an emergency, doctors must perform a quick triage.”
In medicine, the process of assessing and categorizing patients based on the severity of their injuries or illnesses to determine the order of treatment.
Die Triage-Station sortiert die Patienten nach Dringlichkeit.
The triage station sorts patients by urgency.
The term originates from French military medicine and is now widely used in emergency medicine.
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Medical Context
Triage is a critical process in emergency medicine to ensure the most critical patients receive treatment first.
📖Word Origin
From French 'triage,' meaning 'sorting,' originally used in the context of sorting coal, later adopted in medicine for sorting patients.
📝Usage Notes
In German, 'Triage' is always capitalized as it is a noun. It is commonly used in medical and emergency contexts.