title: Triage in surgery: from theory to practice, the Medecins Sans Frontières experience.
abstract: Establishing triage is necessary in mass casualty events. If the concept of triage itself is easy, its application in the field encounters many difficulties at times unforseen. MSF offers a list of the main obstacles encountered when establishing an efficient triage system.
authors.affiliation: Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Paris, France. patrick.herard@paris.msf.org
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herard
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boillot
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D003906:Developing Countries; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D009934:Organization and Administration; D009985:Orthopedics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012066:Relief Work; D013038:Specialization; D014218:Triage / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*