The Cape Triage Score - A triage system for South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-56

  Wallis, L A ^a,b   Gottschalk, S B ^a,b   Wood, D ^a,b   Bruijns, S ^a,b   de Vries, S ^a,b   Balfour, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIAGE;

EID: 30944467972     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Manchester Triage Group. Emergency Triage. Manchester: BMJ Publishing Group, 1997.
2. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. Implementation Guidelines for the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, 1998. http://www.caep.ca/002.policies/002-02.ctas.htm (last accessed 27 November 2004).
3. Australian College of Emergency Medicine. Guidelines for the Implementation of the Australian Triage Score. Australian College of Emergency Medicine, 1998. http://www.acem.org.au/open/documents/triageguide.htm (last accessed 27 November 2004).
4. Champion HR, Sacco WJ, Copes WS, Gann DS, Gennarelli TA, Flanagan ME. A revision of the trauma score. J Trauma 1989; 29: 623-629.
5. Koehler JJ, Baer LJ, Malafa SA, Meindertsma MS, Navitskas NR, Huizenga JE. Pre-hospital index: a scoring system for field triage of trauma victims. Ann Emerg Med 1986; 15: 178-182.
6. Henry MC, Alicandro JM, Hollander JE, Moldashel JG, Cassara G, Thode HC. Evaluation of American College of Surgeons trauma triage criteria in a suburban and rural setting. Am J Emerg Med 1996; 14: 124-129.
7. Martin TE. Resolving the casualty evacuation conflict. Injury 1993; 24: 514-516.
8. Vayer JS, Ten Eyck RP, Cowan ML. New concepts in triage. Ann Emerg Med 1986; 15: 927-930.
9. Subbe CP, Davies RG, Williams E, Rutherford P, Gemmell L. Effect of introducing the Modified Early Warning score on clinical outcomes, cardio-pulmonary arrests and intensive care utilisation in acute medical admissions. Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 797-802.
10. Goldhill DR. The critically ill: following your MEWS. QJM 2001; 94: 507-510.
11. Pittard AJ. Out of our reach? Assessing the impact of introducing a critical care outreach service. Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 882-885.
12. Baxt WG, Berry CC, Epperson MD, Scalzitti V. The failure of pre-hospital trauma prediction rules to classify trauma patients accurately. Ann Emerg Med 1989; 18: 1-8.
13. Fries GR, McCalla G, Levitt MA, et al. A prospective comparison of paramedic judgement and the trauma triage rule in the pre-hospital setting. Ann Emerg Med 1994; 24: 885-889.
14. Advanced Life Support Group. Major Incident Management and Medical Support: The Practical Approach. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 2002.
15. Nocera A, Garner A. An Australian mass casualty incident triage system for the future based upon triage mistakes of the past: the Homebush Triage Standard. Aust N Z J Surg 1999; 69: 603-608.
16. Benson M, Koenig KL, Schultz CH. Disaster triage: START, then SAVE - a new method of dynamic triage for victims of a catastrophic earthquake. Pre-hospital Disaster Medicine 1996; 11: 117-124.