Validation of triage criteria for deciding which apparently inebriated persons require emergency department care. Emerg Med J. 2011;28:579-584.Flower, K.; Post, A.; Sussman, J.; Tangherlini, N.; Mendelson, J.; & Pletcher, M. J. Validation of triage criteria for decid- ing which ...
Triage guidelines score emergency patients into several categories and relate it to the maximum waiting time based on specific criteria of clinical urgency. Initial versions of triage guidelines had three levels of categorization mostly termed as emergent, urgent and non-urgent [25]. Studies have reve...
A total of 14 articles met inclusion criteria and were kept for data extraction, as presented in Table. Eight articles examined the accuracy of triage in international ED settings, including Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, and Switzerland.11,14,16, 17, 18,...
INTRODUCTION: The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma has suggested triage criteria for the immediate attendance of a trauma surgeon to an injured patient in the emergency department. This study validates the accuracy of these criteria in identifying high-risk trauma patients and assesses ...
Outcome variables defined as death in the ED or hospital, and need for hospitalization (validity) Exclusion criteria for studies on reliability of triage scales Studies on interrater reproducibility are excluded in cases where any rater in the study had access to retrospective data only. Six experts...
We calculated the number of resources used by patients in the ED retrospectively and based outcome categories on criteria defined in the ESI algorithm: 0 (30,604 encounters), 1 (49,315 encounters), and 2 or more (146,398 encounters). A neural network model was trained on a training ...
[Level 1] Of note, the transition between EMS care and hand-off to the emergency department is crucial whether the transfer involves different healthcare providers, such as technicians, nurses, and physicians. Studies have shown that it is best to train using the same common triage criteria.[...
Emergency Department (ED) triage is a powerful tool for clinical risk management (Aacharya et al., 2011). In fact, it allows a fast identification and prioritization of people's health problems, through a systematic approach and standardized criteria. Using triage assessments ED nurses can assign...
improved pediatric patient flow in a general emergency department by altering triage criteria 热度: What are the experiences of Emergency Department nurses in caring for clients with a mental illness in the Emergency Department 热度: Early Recognition of Sepsis in the Emergency Department ...
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