A look at a two-step triage system: "How one high volume, level I trauma center decreased long triage waits"

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-585

  Fisher, Linda ^a   Whalen, Kathryn C ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

EID: 10344231957     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Making the right decision: A triage curriculum 2nd ed Emergency Nurses Association 2001
2. R Derlet D Kinser L Ray B Hamilton J McKenzie Prospective identification and triage of non-emergency patients out of an emergency department: A 5-year study Ann Emerg Med 25 1995 2215-2222
3. Boston Medical Center Triage Manual Editorial Committee. Boston Medical Center Emergency Department Triage Manual. November 2002