The Princess Marina Hospital accident and emergency triage scale provides highly reliable triage acuity ratings

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 650-653

  Twomey, Michele ^a   Mullan, Paul C ^b   Torrey, Susan B ^b   Wallis, Lee ^a   Kestler, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84863982244     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200503     Document Type: Article

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