Patients with cirrhosis have high admission and readmission rates, and it is estimated that a quarter are potentially preventable. Little data are available regarding nonmedical factors impacting triage decisions in this patient population. This study sought to explore such factors as well as to determine provider perspectives on low-acuity clinical presentations to the emergency department, in...

Japan is an earthquake-prone country; however, it is also affected by other types of disasters such as typhoons, floods, volcanoes, and landslides. These disasters cause significantly severe damage in affected areas. During large disaster events, the fire departments of affected areas are expected to bring help to these areas. Unfortunately, the number of emergency vehicles and firefighters are...

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...

OBJECTIVES Triage processes are often used by Emergency Departments to sort patients according to urgency or type of service required. Triage may also be used in a broad spectrum of other health services and not just emergency departments. Triage systems may be used to ensure the most urgent patients get timely service, but do they have an effect on patient flow? METHODS We conducted a system...

This paper introduces a double multiagent architecture allowing the triage of victims in emergency scenarios and the automatic update of their medical condition. Gathering updated information about the medical condition of victims is critical for designing an optimal evacuation strategy that minimizes the number of casualties in the aftermath of an emergency. The proposed scheme, currently unde...

INTRODUCTION Over-triage of patients by emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch is thought to be an acceptable alternative to under-triage, which may delay how quickly life-saving care reaches a patient. Previous studies have looked at advanced life support (ALS) misutilization in urban- and county-based EMS systems and have attempted to analyze how dispatch methods either contribute to or al...

∗ Corresponding author. MET Research Team School of Management University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada tel.+1 613 562-5800 x.4955 [email protected] Abstract The Mobile Emergency Triage (MET) system is a clinical triage support system that aids emergency personnel in making triage decisions as to whether a child presenting in the Emergency Department with a specific pain c...

BACKGROUND The purpose of triage is to identify patients needing immediate resuscitation, to assign patients to a pre-designed patient care area, and to initiate diagnostic/therapeutic measures as appropriate. This study aimed to use emergency severity index (ESI) in a pediatric emergency room. METHODS From July 2006 to August 2010, a total of 21 904 patients visited the International Departm...

OBJECTIVE To compare formal nurse triage with an informal prioritisation process for waiting times and patient satisfaction. SETTING Accident and emergency department of a district general hospital in the midlands in 1990. DESIGN Patients attending between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm over six weeks were grouped for analysis according to whether triage was operating at time of presentation and by th...

BACKGROUND In a resource poor setting with poverty, a high burden of disease and critically low medical staff numbers, triage could potentially improve the long waiting times experienced at South African public hospital emergency departments (ED) and render timely emergency care to those in most need. AIM To evaluate the impact of introducing nurse triage (using the Cape Triage Score (CTS)) o...