The Battle for Survival: A Utilitarian Perspective on the Triage Crisis

Emergency care is highly time-sensitive due to urgency and overcrowding. In such high-stakes environments, emergency departments employ a triage system to cope with overcrowding and limited resources. Medical professionals are forced to make difficult decisions such as prioritizing patients' critical states in relation to their survival chances which raises significant ethical dilemmas. To ensure morality within the triage dilemma, a utilitarian approach will prioritize patients based on their survival rate and improve the quality of emergent care.