This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Triage in casuality is done for: September 2006 
Select and explain. 
A. Prevention of such casualities, B. Treating patients, C. Case segregation, D. Predicting after effects of casuality
C: Case segregation
Answer: C: Case segregation 
Explanation: Ans. C: Case segregation Triage is a process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition. This ensures patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated imrnediately. Two types of triage exist: simple and advanced. of emergencyThe outcome may result in determining the order and priority treatment, the order and priority of emergency transpo, or the transpo destination for the patient, based upon the special needs of the patient or the balancing of patient distribution in a mass-casualty setting.