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Triage: Principles and Pressures

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The aim of this paper is to review the art and science underpinning the application of effective triage. The paper also attempts to cut through the fog of confusion surrounding the topic and to point a way towards a generally-agreed unified approach. Triage needs to be understood in the context of the environment in which it is applied, and the paper deals with this in some detail.

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  1. Leonard Cheshire Centre of Conflict Recovery at UCL, London, UK

    James M. Ryan

  2. USUHS, Bethesda, MD, USA

    James M. Ryan

  3. Leonard Cheshire Centre of Conflict Recovery at UCL, 4 Taviton Street, London, EC1H oBT, UK

    James M. Ryan

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First Published on January 29, 2007. Doi 10.1080/15031430701709115

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Ryan, J.M. Triage: Principles and Pressures. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 34, 427–432 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-008-8804-3

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