Editing Triage (section)

== Etymology and origin ==
The term ''triage'' comes directly from [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|triage}}, meaning the action of picking or sorting,<ref>{{cite OED|triage|8063675021}}</ref> it itself coming from the [[Old French]] verb {{wikt-lang|fr|trier}}, meaning to separate, sort, shift, or select; with {{wikt-lang|fr|trier}} in turn came from [[late Latin]] tritare, to grind.<ref>{{cite web |title=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triage |access-date=2008-12-05}}</ref> Although the concept existed much earlier, at least as far back as the reign of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximillian I]],<ref name="Cueni_2020">{{cite news | vauthors = Cueni C |date=27 November 2020 |title=Triage in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie – Claude Cueni |language=de-CH |work=Blick |agency=Kirche und Leben |url=https://www.blick.ch/meinung/kolumnen/kolumne-geschichte-ueber-die-triage-in-der-corona-pandemie-lizenz-zum-sterben-id16215543.html |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref> it was not until the 1800s that the Old French trier was used to describe the practice of triage.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nakao H, Ukai I, Kotani J | title = A review of the history of the origin of triage from a disaster medicine perspective | journal = Acute Medicine & Surgery | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 379–384 | date = October 2017 | pmid = 29123897 | pmc = 5649292 | doi = 10.1002/ams2.293 }}</ref> That year, [[Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey]], the [[Surgeon|Surgeon in Chief]] of [[Napoleon|Napoleon's]] [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)|Imperial Guard]] laid the groundwork for what would eventually become modern triage<ref name="Robertson-Steel_2006">{{cite journal | vauthors = Robertson-Steel I | title = Evolution of triage systems | journal = Emergency Medicine Journal | volume = 23 | issue = 2 | pages = 154–155 | date = February 2006 | pmid = 16439754 | doi = 10.1136/emj.2005.030270 | pmc = 2564046 }}</ref> introducing the concept of "treat[ing] the wounded according to the observed gravity of their injuries and the urgency for medical care, regardless of their rank or nationality".<ref name="pmid16850154">{{cite journal | vauthors = Skandalakis PN, Lainas P, Zoras O, Skandalakis JE, Mirilas P | title = "To afford the wounded speedy assistance": Dominique Jean Larrey and Napoleon | journal = World Journal of Surgery | volume = 30 | issue = 8 | pages = 1392–9 | date = August 2006 | pmid = 16850154 | doi = 10.1007/s00268-005-0436-8 | s2cid = 42597837 }}</ref>