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If you are triaging something, surely there should be three or more things to consider?

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 17/01/2013 22:50

Can you triage 2 things?

I thinknnot.

Semantic bugger

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RebeccaMumsnet · 18/01/2013 09:45

Good ol' Wiki Wink

"Triage originated in World War I by French doctors treating the battlefield wounded at the aid stations behind the front. Much is owed to the work of Dominique Jean Larrey during the Napoleonic Wars. Until recently, triage results, whether performed by a paramedic or anyone else, were frequently a matter of the 'best guess', as opposed to any real or meaningful assessment.

At its most primitive, those responsible for the removal of the wounded from a battlefield or their care afterwards have divided victims into three categories:

Those who are likely to live, regardless of what care they receive;
Those who are likely to die, regardless of what care they receive;
Those for whom immediate care might make a positive difference in outcome."

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LesBOFerables · 18/01/2013 09:48

Its etymology is from the French trier, to sort. Are you maybe thinking in typos that it is triangliage or something? Grin

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/01/2013 10:23

Merci beaucoup, LeBOF, I had no idea, I was just making assumptions shoot me now.

ArEm, I thank you for your extensive research, which I like a lot. Wink

This thought process came about when Rowan very kindly and extensively told me about the spsm versus not spam options in the Report Message system. She explained how it helpd her triage her inbox. Hmm, I thought, could that be biage instead, perahps, maybe?

I'll bet she wishes she'd have written "Oi, just tell us it's spam, you noodle!".

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RebeccaMumsnet · 18/01/2013 10:36

I biage daily - you should try it, you noodle Wink

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HelenMumsnet · 18/01/2013 10:44

Actually, no.

Triage comes from 'trier', the French for 'to separate out'.

Nothing to do with the tri- prefix that means three of something.

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HelenMumsnet · 18/01/2013 10:45

Oh Blush, I'm a SLOW pedant.

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FloatyBeatie · 18/01/2013 10:54

But perhaps there are three report categories in any case:

Decisions in relation to which MNHQ will be slaughtered, regardless of what they do
Decisions in relation to which MNHQ will survive, regardless of what they do
Decisions in relation to which immediate response might mean less post-traumatic MNHQ gin needs drinking.

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lougle · 18/01/2013 11:33

Threads which will die no matter what MNHQ do
Threads which will live no matter how many times MNHQ delete them
Threads which, if MNHQ get in quick, might just die.

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Pinot · 18/01/2013 15:12

Bof 1 - 0 Helen

Soz Helen

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LesBOFerables · 18/01/2013 17:25

I bet Helen actually knew it though and didn't google first

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