In a pandemic situation, resources in intensive care units may be stretched to the breaking
point, and critical care triage may become necessary. In such a situation, I argue that a …

Purpose A new triage method, MBCE (Medical Bio Social Ethics), is presented with social
justice, bio, and medical ethics for critical resource distribution during a pandemic. Ethical …

A public health emergency, as the COVID-19 pandemic, may lead to shortages of potentially
life-saving treatments. In this situation, it is necessary, justifiable and proportionate to have …

When word came out of Italy that physicians in hospitals inundated with patients critically ill
with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might have withheld ventilators from older …

This focus article is a reflection on the ethics of allocating respirators to patients in
circumstances of shortage, especially during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) …

Triage is a system for deciding which patient to treat first in an acute setting. It divides
patients into three groups: those who can wait, those who can be saved with timely treatment …

Since the current pandemic is an emergency situation worldwide, there'sa shortage of
mechanical ventilators, intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and other medical equipment. Due to …

The anthrax mailings following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States led to
fears that victims of bioterrorism could overwhelm hospitals. The federal government …

Triage becomes necessary when demand for intensive care unit (ICU) resources exceeds
supply. Without triage, there is a risk that patients will be admitted to the ICU in the sequence …

Triage is derived from the French root trier, which means to screen, to sort, or to select. It was
inherited from the French Revolution, where hospital de triage connoted a place for …