As part of our student recruitment process we usually give them a short 
group task to do first, just to break the ice and for us to observe 
their personalities.

Anyway, part of the one they were given yesterday was to decide which 
order to rescue people trapped in a mine. Due to the logistics of the 
rescue it was very likely they would not be able to get them all out 
before they drowned.

They were given a paragraph about each person trapped: their age, sex, 
name, whether they had any children, what their job was, any other 
hobbies/community activities, heath problems etc.

That then got me thinking, real rescue teams surely have a set criteria 
and process they use to make decisions like this? They can't afford to 
waste time discussing in a hectic manner who to save first. Google 
didn't show up anything, maybe I don't know the correct words or phrases 
to use.

Any ideas or comments? What criteria would you use to decide?

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