Inter-observer agreement using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale
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Inter-observer agreement using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale.
OBJECTIVE To determine the inter-observer agreement on triage assignment by first-time users with diverse training and background using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). METHODS Twenty emergency care providers (5 physicians, 5 nurses, 5 Basic Life Support paramedics and 5 Advanced Life Support paramedics) at a large urban teaching hospital participated in the s...
متن کاملMeeting Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale benchmarks in a rural emergency department.
INTRODUCTION The Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) was implemented in 1999. The CTAS aims to more accurately define patients' needs for timely care and provide operating objectives to standardize this care. These objectives are not being met across Ontario. The purpose of this study was to determine if the CTAS benchmarks were being met at a rural emergency department...
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The Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) has been widely adopted in emergency departments (EDs) across Canada and abroad since its initial publication in 1999. CTAS continues to be revised and updated on a continuing basis. In 2001, a paediatric version of the CTAS implementation guidelines was developed and published. With the ongoing improvements in computer technology...
متن کامل[Revisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale implementation guidelines].
There has been widespread implementation of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) across Canada since it was introduced in 1999. This consensus document, developed by the CTAS National Working Group (NWG) of nurse and physician leaders in emergency department (ED) triage, continues to be viewed as a dynamic document that requires modification over time as experience i...
متن کاملRevisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) Guidelines 2016.
In 2008 the Adult and Paediatric Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) and the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) presenting complaint list were updated based on user and instructor feedback. Since then the CTAS National Working Group (NWG) has revised the CTAS educational materials twice. Based on national feedback, several minor revisions were introduced. At the 2012 C...
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عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500006023