triage: telephone


triage

 [tre-ahzh´] (Fr.) the sorting out and classification of casualties of war or other disaster, to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.disaster triage in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as establishing priorities of patient care for urgent treatment while allocating scarce resources.triage: emergency center in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as establishing priorities and initiating treatment for patients in an emergency center.triage: telephone in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as determining the nature and urgency of a problem or problems and providing directions for the level of care required, over the telephone. See also telehealth.