The emergency severity index 5-level triage system

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-12

  Shelton, Rachel ^a  

^a VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency Severity Index; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61949262327     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000325106.28851.89     Document Type: Article

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