The clinical practice of Emergency Department Triage: Application of the Australasian Triage Scale-An extended literature review. Part I: Evolution of the ATS

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Pardey, Toni G McCallum ^a  

^a Wyong Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasian Triage Scale; Emergency Department Triage; Five tier triage scale; Triage acuity scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751240471     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2006.09.003     Document Type: Review

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