Editing Triage (section)

=== World War II ===
By the onset of World War II, American and British forces had adopted and adapted triage, with other global powers doing the same.<ref name="www.sciencemuseum.org.uk">{{Cite web |title=Medicine in the war zone {{!}} Science Museum |url=https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/medicine-war-zone |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=www.sciencemuseum.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Katoch-2010">{{cite journal | vauthors = Katoch R, Rajagopalan S | title = Warfare Injuries: History, Triage, Transport and Field Hospital Setup in the Armed Forces | journal = Medical Journal, Armed Forces India | volume = 66 | issue = 4 | pages = 304–308 | date = October 2010 | pmid = 27365730 | pmc = 4919805 | doi = 10.1016/S0377-1237(10)80003-6 }}</ref> The increased availability of airplanes allowed rapid evacuation to a hospital outside of the warzone to become a part of the triage process.<ref name="www.sciencemuseum.org.uk" /><ref name="Katoch-2010" /> Although the basic practices remained the same as in World War I, with initial evacuation to an aid station, followed by transitions to higher levels of care, and eventual admission to a permanent hospital, more advanced care was provided at each stage, and the mindset of treating only what was absolutely necessary fell away.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baker MS | title = Creating order from chaos: part I: triage, initial care, and tactical considerations in mass casualty and disaster response | journal = Military Medicine | volume = 172 | issue = 3 | pages = 232–236 | date = March 2007 | pmid = 17436764 | doi = 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.232 | s2cid = 44317599 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Although triage almost certainly occurred in the days after the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]], the pandemonium caused by the attack left records of such action non-existent until after the fifth day, at which point they are largely without historical use.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors =  Leaning J | collaboration = Institute of Medicine (US) Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Medical Implications of Nuclear War | chapter = Burn and Blast Casualties: Triage in Nuclear War |date=1986 | chapter-url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK219175/ | title = The Medical Implications of Nuclear War |access-date=2023-05-26 |publisher=National Academies Press (US) |language=en | veditors = Solomon F, Marston RQ }}</ref>