Introduction of American Military Medical Triage
- VernacularTitle:美军军事医学类选法概述
- Author:
Yun-Li CHANG
;
Fang WANG
;
Fang YANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
military medical triage;
ethics;
circumstances of warfare
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1994;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Because of lots of ethical problems,military medical triage has been unaccepted by general doctors.But it's adopted by American Army in front of facts of the war.The main principles of the military medical triage are justice and efficiency.They practice the military medical triage through tow steps.First,all patients are assigned into urgent,immediate ,delayed,minimal or ambulatory and expectant status in decreasing order of medical urgency.Second,choosing the model of triage depends on nonaustere,austere or extreme conditions.The ethical issues of American military medical triage focus on four aspects - how to deal with minimally injured patient treatment first,how to treat expectants,how to care for noncombatant casualties and who decide the model of triage.
