Editing Triage (section)

==== ABCDE Assessment ====
{{Main|ABC (medicine)}}

An ABCDE assessment (other variations include ABC,<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Schimelpfenig T |title=ABCs of Wilderness Medicine: The Initial Assessment |url=http://blog.nols.edu/2019/07/30/wilderness-medicine-abcs |access-date=2023-05-12 | location = Lander, WY | publisher = National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS ) | work = blog.nols.edu |language=en-us}}</ref> ABCD,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Livingston EH, Passaro EP | title = Resuscitation. Revival should be the first priority | journal = Postgraduate Medicine | volume = 89 | issue = 1 | pages = 117–20, 122 | date = January 1991 | pmid = 1985304 | doi = 10.1080/00325481.1991.11700789 }}</ref> ABCDEF,<ref>{{Cite book |title=UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines 2013 |publisher=[[National Health Service]] |year=2013 |isbn=9781859593639}}</ref> and many others, including those localized to non-English) is rapid patient assessment designed to check bodily function in order of importance.<ref name="Thim_2012" />
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|+ABCDE Assessment Example<ref name="Thim_2012" />
!Letter
!Term
!Meaning
|-
|A
|Airway
|Checking for airway obstruction
|-
|B
|Breathing
|Checking if the patient is breathing and if the breathing is normal
|-
|C
|Circulation
|Checking to see if the heart rate and capillary refill time is normal
|-
|D
|Disability
|Checking the patient’s alertness, awareness, and response to painful stimuli
|-
|E
|Exposure
|Checking the patient for trauma, bleeding, temperature, and other skin signs
|}