Triage

Word TRIAGE
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Triage"

What do we mean by triage?

A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated. noun

A system used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatest benefit from it. noun

A process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority. noun

To sort or allocate by triage. transitive verb

That which is culled, picked, or thrown out; specifically, in English use, the refuse of whole coffee; broken coffee-beans and chaff. noun

Assessment or sorting according to quality. noun

The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). noun

The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. noun

To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect. verb

Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food noun

Assessment or sorting according to quality.

The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

(by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.

That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.

A sexual situation between three people. A threesome. Urban Dictionary

1. How medical personnel decide which patient requires medical attention first. 2. Having sex with two nurses. 3. How nurses decide which patient to have sex with first. Urban Dictionary

Working diligently in a brainstorming environment to better serve teh group as a whole. Urban Dictionary

When you put all your work off to the last minute and are forced to decide which matters most to you and which can be realistically finished. Also, one has to take into mind which classes would be most affected by not completing the work, and which assignment is worth the most points. Urban Dictionary

An emergency measure aimed at finding something - anything - edible in the fridge. Usually performed by dividing the contents into the palatable, the slightly dicy and the utterly unspeakable. Urban Dictionary

Deciding what to cook based on how close the food in your refrigerator is to going bad. Urban Dictionary

A medical term from an ambulance to hospital that lets the emergency room know that the patient is full of it. Urban Dictionary

The quick clean-up you do so your house looks at least presentable when you get short notice of an imminent visit. Urban Dictionary

A professional gaming and content creating team competing in multiple games on multiple platforms aspiring to be the best #stay triage Urban Dictionary

When Your in the ER & get triaged and it takes for ever to get a bed Urban Dictionary

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The word "triage" in example sentences

OSBORN: Now, Mr. Langford, we've heard the term triage a lot this morning. ❋ Unknown (2003)

GENERAL RICHARD CODY, U.S. ARMY VICE CHIEF OF S.AFF: For the last six years, we have been repairing these barracks and keeping what I call triage on them, so that they're safe, clean and livable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

RICHARD CODY, U.S. ARMY VICE CHIEF OF S.AFF: For the last six years, we've been repairing these barracks, in keeping what I call triage on them so they are safe, clean and livable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For the last six years, we've been repairing these barracks in keeping what I call triage on them so that they're safe, clean, and livable, but they're certainly not the barracks we want these great soldiers to live in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And then I got sent up to what they called triage, because I'd hurt my back and no one had a phone up there. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"I was in what I call triage mode, doing the most urgent tasks at any given time, whether that was distribution, advertising, reporting, writing, editing, or layout, but nothing was getting all the time or attention it needed," he says.

The spending by outside groups affiliated with Democrats is further evidence that the party is in triage mode, trying to fix the problems of the Coakley campaign through an major influx of cash and commercials. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those predictions come as Democrats seem to be in triage mode -- spending money on people like Rep. Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Ron Klein (Fla.) and Gary Peters (Mich.) seemingly in hopes of limiting a blowout loss nationally rather than holding the majority. ❋ Chris Cillizza (2010)

The purpose of triage is to quickly assess your child's needs and to begin planning his/her care. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We then go through a process we call triage: Which of the ideas we generated are really worth pursuing? ❋ Unknown (2011)

Try thinking in triage terms - save, leave to manage or allow to die - ActonClimate nadine sellers said on August 30th, 2008 at 2: 27 pm ❋ Unknown (2008)

WVH, your analogy to triage is 180 degrees backward. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So we have a process we call triage, and those didn't make it in triage because icemakers weren't as interesting as some of the other problems we were solving. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Like Band Ades in triage … So shortsighted, so predictable, so pathetically foolish … ❋ Unknown (2005)

That this theory of triage is meeting strong opposition in America should not surprise. ❋ Unknown (1992)

Jackson walked into the hospital, was treated by a 3rd Medical Battalion corpsman in triage, and then disappeared. ❋ Unknown (1990)

The day's first patients are waved in to "triage" - otherwise known as the high school cafeteria - and nurses at the lunch tables cuff them for blood pressure readings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The day's first patients are waved in to "triage" - the school cafeteria. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such triage is business as usual, says the former network staffer, when the schools are vexed by behavioral problems: “They don’t provide the counseling these kids need.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's called triage and it's needed now by M. Davis on Friday, Feb 27, 2009 at 12: 53: 58 PM ❋ Unknown (2009)

Q [What do] you have planned for tonight? A I'm [planning] a little triage with those [bitchin] chicks over there. ❋ Dtk Trips 7 (2009)

I wanted to have a [manage] a [trois] with two nurses. But they told me it was [triage]. ❋ Brianimus Prime (2008)

We spend [30 minutes] a day [triaging] particularly difficult [scenarios]. ❋ SaasPimpn (2010)

thinking to yourself: "Alright its the night before the religion test but ive also got math and spanish work to do. Time to [set up] the homework triage! Ill [do the math], guess through the spanish and write Jesus for all the answers on the religion test. [That'll] give me the best results while still being able to get in sleep." ❋ ChaBoooy (2013)

Two days before [payday] Jamie was forced to perform fridge triage, and ended up with a large, [festering] pile of black [sludge] that growled when he approached, several yogurts that were only a few weeks past their expiry date, and a perfectly edible stick of celery. ❋ Mynah2011 (2011)

Son: What's for dinner? Mom: I had to do some refrigerator triage so we're having [pasta] with a whole lot of [fried] [zucchini]. ❋ Sanddene (2009)

Med#1: 45 [YOF], complains of paralysis in lower left extremity, patient is "[Triage Eligable]". Hospitol [Dispatch]: What, her foot asleep? Med#1: 10-04 ❋ P0rkCh0p (2017)

Lauren rang to say she was down the road and would call in for coffee. The house looked like a bomb had [gone off], so I did a 5-minute [housework triage] on the place to [patch it] up to a presentable level before she arrived (clothes kicked under beds, unwashed dishes dumped in laundry, rubbish kicked behind couch). ❋ MonicaSt (2013)

have you seen [triage uprising] at [MES] and other LAN/[Esports] events? ❋ 66666666670 06559685 (2018)

i was in [eternal triage] [today] ❋ Youknowwholol (2011)

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