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MeSH Heading: Triage
Tree Number(s): N02.421.297.900
Unique ID: D014218
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014218
Scope Note: The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.
Previous Indexing: Emergencies (1966-1975); Emergency Service, Hospital (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 1980-90; was see under EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES 1976-79
History Note: 91(76); was see under EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 1980-90; was see under EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES 1976-79
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/23
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

supply & distribution (SD)

trends (TD)

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