Interrater agreement of Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity scale scores assigned by base hospital and emergency department nurses

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Dallaire, Clémence ^a,b,c   Poitras, Julien ^a,b,c   Aubin, Karine ^a,b,c   Lavoie, André ^a,c   Moore, Lynne ^c   Audet, Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale; Emergency department; Emergency medical services; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957745968     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350001201X     Document Type: Article

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