Editing Triage (section)

=== Palliative care ===
In triage, [[palliative care]] takes on a wider applicability, as some conditions which may be survivable outside of extreme circumstances become unsurvivable due to the nature of a mass casualty incident.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Matzo M, Wilkinson A, Lynn J, Gatto M, Phillips S | title = Palliative care considerations in mass casualty events with scarce resources | journal = Biosecurity and Bioterrorism | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = 199–210 | date = June 2009 | pmid = 19635004 | doi = 10.1089/bsp.2009.0017 }}</ref> For these patients, as well as those who are deemed to be unsavable, palliative care can mean the difference of a painful death, and a relatively peaceful one.<ref name="Arya_2020">{{cite journal | vauthors = Arya A, Buchman S, Gagnon B, Downar J | title = Pandemic palliative care: beyond ventilators and saving lives | journal = CMAJ | volume = 192 | issue = 15 | pages = E400–E404 | date = April 2020 | pmid = 32234725 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.200465 | pmc = 7162443 }}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] issues of palliative care in triage became more obvious as some countries were forced to deny care to large groups of individuals due to lack of supplies and [[ventilator]]s.<ref name="Arya_2020" /><ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Misek R, ((The National Catholic Bioethics Center)) |date=2022 |title=The Injustice of Categorical Exclusions during Triage |url=http://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=ncbq_2022_0022_0003_0495_0507&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |journal=The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=495–507 |doi=10.5840/ncbq202222345 |s2cid=254707340 |issn=1532-5490}}</ref>