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triage
(ˈtraɪɪdʒ; in sense 2 also ‖ trijaʒ, ˈtriːɑːʒ)
[a. F. triage (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), n. of action f. trier to pick, cull: see try v. and -age.]
1. The action of assorting according to quality. Also attrib.; hence concr. (see quots.)
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Wool, Each fleece consists of wool of divers qualities, and degrees of fineness, which the dealers therein take care to separate... If the triage, or separation be well made, in 15 bales there will be [etc.]. 1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 216/1 These [pickers] sort the [Coffee] berries into three classes; ‘best quality’, ‘middling’, and the third of all the bad broken berries..is called ‘triage coffee’. 1880Spons' Encycl. Manuf. I. 705 The broken beans [of coffee], or ‘triage’, must also be separated by hand from the dust. 1880Daily News 28 Oct. 3/8 Coffee.—..Costa Rica;..Triage 59s. 6d.
2. a. The assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses in order to decide the order or suitability of treatment. Freq. attrib. Hence (rare) as v. trans. (see quot. 1977).
1930F. A. Pottle Stretchers 222 A special triage officer at once surveys the patients to determine the urgency of their injuries. 1945Jrnl. R. Army Med. Corps LXXXIV. 125 The word ‘triage’, literally ‘assessment according to quality’, has recently been adopted to describe the process. 1973Parade 18 Feb. 8/1 Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital..has instituted a ‘triage’, or selection system, whereby incoming patients are evaluated by an RN as to their degree of urgency, and sent to the appropriate area. 1973N. Meyer Target Practice viii. 95 And presto, we were all second-lieutenant navy doctors. For six months I worked in triage there, operating sometimes around the clock. 1975Observer 11 May 6/7 Hundreds of ‘borderline’ cases have been at the mercy all this week of ‘triage’ panels trying to sort out patients desperately in need of care. 1976Lancet 15 Nov. 1061/1 Triage at an early stage can label the patient with coma as surgical or medical. 1977M. Herr Dispatches 82 He was so bad that the doctor triaged him, passed him over to treat the ones that..could still be saved. 1978Tucson Mag. Dec. 55/1 An extremely efficient triage nurse, an RN, greets new arrivals and determines the severity of the problem.
b. transf.
1974Time 11 Nov. 80 In the West, there is increasing talk of triage, a commonsense if callous concept that teaches that when resources are scarce, they must be used where they will do most good. 1975Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Nov. 7/2 The concept should now be applied to countries crippled by food shortages, famine and over⁓population. ‘The triage discussions now seek to classify nations into those what do not need help, those that are capable of responding to help and those ‘broken back’ states that are in such difficulty that they cannot be helped,’ says Mr Hopper. 1979Guardian 18 Oct. 5/8 There is [sc. in New York] an unofficial ‘triage’ system in which teachers and school administrators concentrate their limited resources on helping those students who seem to be capable of succeeding. |