The word “triage” is derived from the French verb “trier,” and means to sort, separate, shift, or
select according to quality. Its application to prioritize, group, and ration limited resources to …

During a pandemic, demand for intensive care often exceeds availability. Experts agree that
allocation should maximize benefits and must not be based on whether patients could have …

In a disaster, physicians are forced to make challenging and heartbreaking ethical decisions
under conditions of physical and emotional exhaustion. Evidence shows that the conditions …

The increasing complexity of modern health care has created a substantial population of
patients who require regular, ongoing medical treatments, care assistance, and technical …

Background Injuries are among the leading causes for hospitalizations and emergency
department (ED) visits. COVID-19 restrictions ensured safety to Canadians, but also …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to new ethical challenges and exposed or exacerbated
others that were already present. Through the lens of pediatric surgery, this article aims to …

Objective: ICU resources may be overwhelmed by a mass casualty event, triggering a
conversion to Crisis Standards of Care in which critical care support is diverted away from …

Background US racial and ethnic minorities have well-established elevated rates of
comorbidities, which, compounded with healthcare access inequity, often lead to worse …

BACKGROUND Past disasters have highlighted the need to prepare for subsets of critically
ill, medically fragile patients. These special patient populations require focused disaster …

Objective: Due to the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide and the
resulting mortality as well as the lack of definitive treatment for this disease, various non …