Editing Triage (section)

=== Evacuation ===
In the field, [[Casualty evacuation|evacuation]] of all casualties is the ultimate goal,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Xie T, Liu XR, Chen GL, Qi L, Xu ZY, Liu XD | title = Development and application of triage and medical evacuation system for casualties at sea | journal = Military Medical Research | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 12 | date = 2014-06-01 | pmid = 25722870 | pmc = 4340638 | doi = 10.1186/2054-9369-1-12 | doi-access = free }}</ref> so that the site of the incident can ultimately be cleared, if necessary investigated, and eventually rendered safe. Additional considerations must be made to avoid overwhelming local resources,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pinkert M, Lehavi O, Goren OB, Raiter Y, Shamis A, Priel Z, Schwartz D, Goldberg A, Levi Y, Bar-Dayan Y | display-authors = 6 | title = Primary triage, evacuation priorities, and rapid primary distribution between adjacent hospitals--lessons learned from a suicide bomber attack in downtown Tel-Aviv | journal = Prehospital and Disaster Medicine | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 337–341 | date = August 2008 | pmid = 18935948 | doi = 10.1017/S1049023X00005975 | s2cid = 10929982 }}</ref> and in some extreme cases, this can mean evacuating some patients to other countries.