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Mon, Nov 23, 2026Fall (Semester 1) · Week 14Day 61 of 7580-min block

Triage ethics debate

Today's target

Students debate how scarce emergency resources should be allocated during mass-casualty triage.

Due today · Exit ticket Required

One sentence identifying the strongest opposing triage argument encountered in the debate.

Your 4 steps today
  1. 1
    Do this
    Students debate how scarce emergency resources should be allocated during mass-casualty triage.
  2. 2
    Use this resource
    Open the posted files in the Resources section below
  3. 3
    Submit this
    Exit ticket: One sentence identifying the strongest opposing triage argument encountered in the debate.
  4. 4
    Submit it here
    1. 1CMSD website. Go to clevelandmetroschools.org and click the Clever button.
    2. 2Clever. Clever opens. Sign in if it asks.
    3. 3Microsoft (district) login. Use your district Microsoft account (the one for school).
    4. 4Schoology. Open Schoology, then your class, then Assignments, and find the file named below.
    The file to submit is named: Principles of Biomedical Technology (Principles of Biomedical Science) › Unit 3.2 Emergency Response: Patient assessment, stabilization, triage, bleeding control, drug delivery/metabolism, communication. › Exit ticket
    Open Schoology
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Read to prepareAgendaPLTW WorkDaily TrackerResourcesVocabularyWebXamCareersAbsentExtra Credit
Where this fits
Tested on (Ohio WebXam)
Principles and Practice of Biomedical Technology · 072110
PLTW lesson
PBS · Triage ethics debate
WebXam domain
Biotechnology Research and Experiments
Evidence to produce
Exit ticket
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Read to prepare for today

Vetted sources picked for today's question. Skim these before you take a position or start the work, so your argument and evidence are grounded.

Triage (StatPearls, NCBI)How triage systems allocate scarce care during mass-casualty events.
Quick glossary
CER:
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning — make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
SOP:
Standard Operating Procedure — the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
Tracker:
Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
myPLTW:
The PLTW course site where you do the online activities — you open it through Schoology.
Learn first

Minute-by-minute · 80-minute block

💡 Big idea: Triage is ethical calculus under pressure: the criteria you use to sort patients reflect a value system, not just a medical protocol.

  1. 0-8 minRead the mass-casualty triage case; annotate one patient the two frameworks would treat differently.
  2. 8-18 minDefine triage, stabilization, bleeding control, immediate, delayed, expectant categories.
  3. 18-35 minBuild two-point ethical argument for your assigned triage framework.
  4. 35-60 minStructured debate; teacher tracks vocabulary use.
  5. 60-72 minRecord the strongest opposing argument.
  6. 72-80 minWhole-class debrief; preview Wednesday simulation.
Mr. Mendoza's 5-minute intro
  • • Triage decisions made in the first minutes of a mass-casualty event determine who gets care and who waits.
  • • There is no universally correct answer, but there are frameworks, and today you argue for one.
  • • WebXam 072110 expects you to apply emergency-response vocabulary to ethical and procedural scenarios.
  • • The strongest counterpoint you record will be the hardest objection to your Thursday CER claim.
Do this, step by step
  1. 1Read a case where emergency resources cannot treat all patients at once.
  2. 2Choose a stance on triage by survival likelihood versus first-come treatment.
  3. 3Gather two ethical arguments using triage and stabilization examples.
  4. 4Debate using terms like triage, stabilization, and bleeding control.
  5. 5Record the strongest opposing argument you heard.
You'll be able to
  • • Defend a clear triage position with two evidence points.
  • • Use emergency-response vocabulary correctly during the debate.
Know by the end
  • • Triage assigns priority categories (immediate, delayed, minimal, expectant) based on injury severity and survival likelihood.
  • • Bleeding control and stabilization are the first two procedural responses after triage categorization.
  • • First-come versus survival-likelihood triage represent two fundamentally different ethical frameworks.
📺 Tutor me: Ready.gov: Be Prepared for Emergencies
Do the work

Your PLTW work today

Open this PLTW section today

Unit 3.2 Emergency Response: Patient assessment, stabilization, triage, bleeding control, drug delivery/metabolism, communication. · Triage ethics debate

Day 1 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (reached through Schoology), then do the work below.

Do this: Open myPLTW and locate the Lesson 3.2 Emergency Response triage ethics or emergency-response activity. Complete the opening prompt before the debate.

Complete

Submit the opening prompt in myPLTW before the debate begins.

How far to get

You finished the Lesson 3.1 outbreak work last week. Today starts Lesson 3.2 Emergency Response. The platform prompt should be submitted within the first 18 minutes.

Upload as evidence

Platform submission plus handwritten counterpoint note.

All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction. Submit producibles on Schoology.

The plan

Today's PLTW tracker

Check things off as you work, then submit. This tells Mr. Mendoza how you're doing so he can help the class. It does not replace turning in your producible on Schoology.

Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.

Unit 3.2 Emergency Response: Patient assessment, stabilization, triage, bleeding control, drug delivery/metabolism, communication.Day 1 of this projectSee the full week plan
Today's PLTW target

Unit 3.2 Emergency Response: Patient assessment, stabilization, triage, bleeding control, drug delivery/metabolism, communication. · Triage ethics debate

Open myPLTW and locate the Lesson 3.2 Emergency Response triage ethics or emergency-response activity. Complete the opening prompt before the debate.

You finished the Lesson 3.1 outbreak work last week. Today starts Lesson 3.2 Emergency Response. The platform prompt should be submitted within the first 18 minutes.

This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.

1 · What you do today

🎯 Students debate how scarce emergency resources should be allocated during mass-casualty triage.

  • Read a case where emergency resources cannot treat all patients at once.
  • Choose a stance on triage by survival likelihood versus first-come treatment.
  • Gather two ethical arguments using triage and stabilization examples.
  • Debate using terms like triage, stabilization, and bleeding control.
  • Record the strongest opposing argument you heard.
2 · Turn in today

Exit ticket: One sentence identifying the strongest opposing triage argument encountered in the debate.

Submit on Schoology

Upload by 11:29 PM for full credit.

Where to find it
Open the posted files in the Resources section below
3 · Who's doing what (team)
TaskWho
Read a case where emergency resources cannot treat all patients at once._______
Choose a stance on triage by survival likelihood versus first-come treatment._______
Gather two ethical arguments using triage and stabilization examples._______
Debate using terms like triage, stabilization, and bleeding control._______
Record the strongest opposing argument you heard._______

Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.

4 · Words I can use correctly
5 · I'm successful today when I can…
  • Defend a clear triage position with two evidence points.
  • Use emergency-response vocabulary correctly during the debate.
6 · Reflection & next steps
Where are you today?0/7 checked
Pick your period and code first.
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Resources & readings

Hand-picked materials for this lesson. Class file items open the document directly; the rest are vetted readings and interactives from other biomedical programs.

START triage, rapid emergency assessment (adult)ReferenceHHS CHEMMOpen Readiness & emergency responseReadingCDC ORROpen
Words

This unit's vocabulary

triagestabilizationhemorrhagemetabolism/muh-TAB-uh-liz-um/doseprotocolmedical surge

Tap the speaker to hear a term. Weekly vocabulary task: add two of these terms to your notebook glossary with a definition and an example in your own words.

Check yourself

WebXam practice

Tap an answer to check it · nothing is recorded or graded
To properly clean up a concentrated hydrochloric acid spill, you should:
How should you prepare hydrochloric acid for disposal?
A solution at pH 2 must be made safe for disposal. What target pH should you aim for?
Check yourself

Cumulative WebXam review

A quick mixed-review pulling questions from earlier units plus today, so the WebXam material stays fresh.

Tap an answer to check it · nothing is recorded or graded
[Review: New to the Practice: building a new-patient diagnostic workup] When synthesizing several test results into a recommendation, what makes the recommendation most defensible?
[Review: Nosocomial Nightmare: the chain of infection and how to break it] During plating, why is a face shield considered user PPE rather than sample PPE?
[Review: Outbreak Evidence: line lists, epidemic curves, and identifying the agent] To confirm the causative agent of a foodborne outbreak, what evidence is most definitive?
To properly clean up a concentrated hydrochloric acid spill, you should:
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Where this leads — careers

What today's skills lead to. These are real health-science careers this course builds toward. Tap one to see, on the US Department of Labor's O*NET site, what the job actually involves, what it pays, and how fast it is growing.

Forensic Science TechnicianCollect and analyze physical evidence to answer medical and legal questions.Medical ExaminerDetermine cause of death using autopsy, lab work, and case evidence.Clinical Laboratory TechnologistRun the lab tests that diagnose disease from blood and tissue samples.EpidemiologistTrack how diseases spread and design ways to stop outbreaks.
Safety net

What to do if you were absent

Today was a debate — do this instead

Structured debate: In a mass-casualty event, should triage prioritize patients most likely to survive or treat in order of arrival? Assign two teams.

Ready.gov: Be Informed

Then submit your Exit ticket on Schoology.

If MR. MENDOZA is absent

Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:

Ready.gov Emergency Preparedness
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Optional extra credit (async)

You've passed Unit 2, so the optional extra-credit track is open. Complete reserved-unit work from home (virtual labs included) for extra credit, all submitted on Schoology.

Open the extra-credit track
How this is graded
For: Exit ticket — One sentence identifying the strongest opposing triage argument encountered in the debate.
  • Complete
    Every required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
  • Accurate
    The science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
  • Scientific reasoning
    You explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
  • Professional communication
    Clear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
  • Submitted
    Turned in the right way (Schoology for routine work) and confirmed.
Submission Zone

Drop your Mon, Nov 23, 2026 · Triage ethics debate here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).

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