emergency department (ED) triagecommon ED triage systemsManchester Triage Scale (MTS) in UK and Australasian Triage Scale (ATS, the National Triage ScaleCanadian Triage Scale (CTAS) in CanadaEmergency Severity Index (ESIreview of research of triage validity...
Emergency departments across the globe follow a triage system in order to cope with overcrowding. The intention behind triage is to improve the emergency care and to prioritize cases in terms of clinical urgency. In emergency department triage, medical c
OBJECTIVEThis study evaluates the addition of triage note (TN) to syndrome queries used in the North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS).BACKGROUNDNC BEIPS receives daily emergency department (ED) data from 33 (29%) of the 114 emergency departments (EDs) ...
Reliability of the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale: interrater agreement. Study objective: To determine the rate of interobserver reliability of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Methods: Ten phy... R Beveridge,J Ducharme,L Janes,... - 《...
Manchester Triage System version II and resource utilisation in the emergency department. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 2014;31(2):148-52.Santos, A., Freitas, P. & Martins, H. (2013). Manchester triage system version II and resource utilisation in emergency department. Emergency Medicine ...
Emergency Department Triage in the United States (U.S.) The most common triage system in the United States is the START (simple triage and rapid treatment) triage system. This algorithm is utilized for patients above the age of 8 years. Using this algorithm, triage status is intended to be...
All the EDs of Tuscan Regional Healthcare System adopt a 5 tier triage scale, according to regional laws (Tuscany Region, 2010) (Table 1). All emergency department nurses adequately Results In the study period 120 randomized nurses from 11 EDs (two of those belonging to university hospitals) ...
The Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is a well recognized and validated triage system that prioritizes patient care by severity of illness. The aim of this study was to describe the results of Emergency Department (ED) waiting times after the implementation of the CTAS...
Improved emergency department efficiency with a three-tier trauma triage system. Injury. 1997;28(7):449–53. : 10.1016/s0020-1383(97)00088-0 .Kaplan LJ, Santora TA, Blank-Reid CA, et al. Improved emergency department efficiency with a three-tier trauma triage system. Injury 1997;...
Triage is a central task in an emergency department (ED). In this context, triage is viewed as the rating of patients' clinical urgency [1]. Rating is necessary to identify the order in which patients should be given care in an ED when demand is high. Triage is not needed if there is...