title: [Triage: a military physician's perspective].
abstract: The treatment of patients in mass casualties generally requires a high level of organisational understanding. The delivery of medical care to one patient should not cause delays in helping all other patients. Therefore triage and a prioritisation of treatment and transport is necessary. Military triage has developed over centuries and forms the basis of civilian triage. The differences between both systems include established military triage performed by paramedics and care under fire. These characteristics have led to the development of separate algorithms.
authors: Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin, Abteilung XB Notfallmedizin und Rettungsdienst, Berlin. michaeltoursarkissian@bundeswehr.org
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Toursarkissian
authors: Dirk
authors: D
authors: Oldenburg
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Benker
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D014186:Transportation / Q000592:standards; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*