[ noun ] sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food <noun.act>
"We practice triage," Mr. Morrison says, referring to a system of treating battlefield casualties in order of priority.
In my advanced placement physics class, two-thirds of the guys had jobs." No longer do students flunk out in droves in the sort of educational triage that once characterized many Jesuit schools.
Jim Parker, a civilian official with the Corps of Engineers, says the emergency work the Corps will be concerned with is akin to triage.
Critics decry this triage system. "It's called creaming," says Martha Burt, a senior researcher at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. "They're helping the people who are likely to succeed."
Meanwhile, a Kansas State University team has recommended a state policy of "triage" that would gradually write off many towns of fewer than 2,500 people, freeing scarce state resources for places with a better chance of survival.
Nurses on Call Reduce Emergency Room Visits WHEN the doctor is out, telephone triage helps avoid unnecessary emergency room visits.