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Explain what Triage means?
lifeprint | Mar 25 2006
I'm wondering if someone can give me the low down on what "triage" means? Thanks.:) 9 Comments
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 From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=triage : - *Submitted by MNJones on March 28, 2006 - 3:10am.
From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=triage : - * - 1727, "action of assorting according to quality," from Fr. triage "a picking out, sorting," from O.Fr. trier "to pick, cull" (see try). There seems to be some influence from or convergence with L. tria "three" (e.g. triage for "coffee beans of the third or lowest quality"). In World War I, adopted for the sorting of wounded soldiers into three groups according to the severity of their injuries. - * - 'tri' was taken to mean three as an aide memoire, perhaps, and hence became part of a folklorical etymology :) -- » POSTED IN:
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