Team triage improves emergency department efficiency
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Team triage improves emergency department efficiency.
OBJECTIVE To see whether three hours of combined doctor and nurse triage would lead to earlier medical assessment and treatment and whether this benefit would carry on for the rest of the day when normal triage had resumed. METHOD Eight days were randomly selected; four for team triage and four for the normal nurse led triage. Team triage was coordinated by a middle grade or consultant from 9...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.003665