Triage is the process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition when resources are insufficient. Hospitals today are equipped with more and more electronic medical devices. This results in possibly high level of electromagnetic interference that may lead to the failure of medical monitoring devices. Moreover, a patient is usually moved between different hospital settings...

BACKGROUND The coverage of preventive health assessments for children is pivotal to the system of preventive health screening. A novel method of triage was introduced in the Preventive Youth Health Care (PYHC) system in the Netherlands with an associated shift of tasks of professionals. Doctor's assistants carried out pre-assessments to identify children in need of follow-up assessment, whereas...

The challenge of constructing an exemplary stroke rehabilitation system is balancing the attempt to maximize patient outcomes while controlling costs. This review, using findings from Modules 5 through 7 and from evidence based on consensus opinions, presents research on the stroke rehabilitation triage process. Evidence on patient screening, establishing assessment criteria, stroke severity, a...

performances of electronic and mechanical draft control systems on a mf399 tractor were the objectives of the study to be evaluated and compared under field conditions. hence, the effects of two draft control systems (mechanical and electronic) under four ground speed levels and three set values of draft levels on rear wheel slippage, fuel consumption, compressive force within the top link and ...

Ethnic minority patients receive lower priority triage assignments in Veteran's Affairs (VA) emergency departments (EDs) compared to White patients, but it is currently unknown whether this disparity arises from generalized biases across the triage assessment process or from differences in how objective and/or subjective institution-level or person-level information is incorporated into the tri...

australasian triage scale (ats) is used to prioritize incoming patients in the emergency department (ed) according to patient acuity. it`s a five-level triage scale endorsed by the australasian college for emergency medicine (acem). the ats categories are defined by physiological predictors (airway, breathing, circulation, and disability) and maximum waiting time to treatment (1: immediate, 2: ...

OBJECTIVE To study an established triage nurse x ray requesting system to determine whether sending defined groups of patients for radiography before assessment by doctors or emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) resulted in shorter waiting times for patients without compromising quality of care. METHODS Prospective randomised controlled study of "walking wounded" patients attending a district...

Background: Educational planning and managing critical situations of accidents and disasters are among the most important issues. Triage, which means the classification of patients and injuries based on specific situations and needs, is one of the important tasks of hospitals at times of disasters. In this study, triage knowledge and practice of nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Ilam Un...