Revisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) adult guidelines;Révision des lignes directrices de l'Échelle Canadienne de triage et de gravité (ÉTG) pour les adultes

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-142

  Bullard, Michael J ^a   Unger, Bernard ^b   Spence, Julie ^c   Grafstein, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; CTAS; Emergency department; Triage

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLEEDING DISORDER; CANADIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TEACHING; THORAX PAIN; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 54349104058     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009854     Document Type: Review

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