Editing Triage (section)

=== The Korean War ===
The [[Korean War]] saw the advent of the tiered triage, wherein care providers sorted people into categories defined ahead of time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Nocera |first1=Antony |last2=Garner |first2=Alan |title=An Australian Mass Casualty Incident Triage System for the Future Based Upon Triage Mistakes of the Past: The Homebush Triage Standard |date=August 1999 |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01644.x |journal=ANZ Journal of Surgery |language=en |volume=69 |issue=8 |pages=603–608 |doi=10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01644.x |pmid=10472920 |issn=1445-1433}}</ref> These categories, immediate, delayed, minimal and expectant are still the basis for most triage systems today.<ref name=":1" /> The time period was also marked by improvements in medical understanding, including shock, which allowed effective interventions to be administered earlier in the Triage process, which in turn significantly improved outcomes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Glenn W. |date=September 2008 |title=A Brief History of Triage |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1935789300001270/type/journal_article |journal=Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |language=en |volume=2 |issue=S1 |pages=S4–S7 |doi=10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181844d43 |pmid=18769265 |s2cid=11093773 |issn=1935-7893}}</ref> At the same time, [[Mobile Army Surgical Hospital]]s (MASH) were introduced along with helicopters for evacuation. These helicopters, however were used for evacuation only, and care was not provided in the air during the evacuation.<ref name="United States Marine Corps" /> These advances reduced fatalities for injured soldiers by up to 30%, and changed the nature of battlefield medicine significantly.<ref name=":2" />