Systematic triage in the emergency department using the Australian national triage scale: A pilot project

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-7

  Van Gerven, R ^a   Delooz, H ^a   Sermeus, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Evaluation; National triage scale; Nurse; Patients conditions; Triage; Urgency categories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035293456     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200103000-00002     Document Type: Article

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