Triage Hummus

20211210 #breakfastdiary 291, 5°C/light mist Store-bought hummus with olive oil, paprika powder, and parsley #Triage — originally a French word meaning 'to sort' — refers to the system used in emergencies to prioritize patient care when medical resources are limited. For example, someone who can walk — Green Tag No breathing, and still no breathing even after securing the airway — deceased, Black Tag (details omitted) Normal breathing and normal CRT, but unconscious — Red Tag, and so on. This morning I read that with COVID-19 cases rising, Seoul's severe-case bed occupancy rate has reached 88%. Wise medical staff are probably out there right now, doing their best with their own version of triage. Back when triage was developed during the Napoleonic Wars in the 16th century, no one could have known it would still be in use centuries later in a war against infectious disease. I'm rooting for medical workers all over the world who are still battling COVID-19 at this very hour.