The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale: A Canadian perspective on emergency department triage

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-10

  Murray, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale; Emergency department; Triage; Workload

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANADA TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037296765     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00400.x     Document Type: Review

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