What is triage? "Triage" is defined by the French term "trier", which means "to sort" or "choose". It is the process of ranking the urgency of a patient's care based on the severity of their condition. When multiple emergencies occur at once, it enables speedy inspection of each patient and classification of the patients based on how urgently their injuries need to be treated. The most urgent cases have historically involved issues with the circulatory, respiratory, or nervou

Animal triage: Every second counts. Structured animal triage ensures the right patient gets the right care at the right time. A trauma score is a numerical characterisation of the injuries sustained by a patient from a traumatic incident. It provides an objective assessment of the patient’s clinical status. The animal triage trauma (ATT) score was developed to stratify the veterinary trauma population by injury severity. The ATT score was designed to be a quick, easy, and rea