The original triage systems were based on sorting surgical patients in battlefield settings, and the concepts of prioritising patients and providing care at scene were developed in France in the early 1800s.
When was triage started?
The Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)1 method was developed by Hoag Hospital and the Newport Beach Fire Department in California in the 1980s. Generally, it is understood in Japan that triàge was developed by the army surgeon Larrey during the Napoleonic era2, 3.
What scenario originally identified the need of a triage process?
The concept of triage originated on the battlefield, when medical staff were faced with hundreds of injured soldiers requiring treatment.
