Introduction: Pre-hospital triage is one of the most fundamental concepts in emergency management. Limited human resource changes triage to an inevitable solution in the management of disasters. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of education of simple triage and rapid treatment (START) in the knowledge and practice of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) employees of Eastern Azerbaijan....

INTRODUCTION More than half of the world's disasters occur in the Asia-Pacific region. A simulation-based exercise to teach healthcare workers prehospital triage, tagging, and treatment methods was used to link disaster management theory to practice with a student-centered, hands-on educational activity. Various strategies for teaching disaster health education have been advocated, and best-pra...

The principle ofprioritization by degree ofurgency obviously benefits patients whose condition is critical. This practice should be instilled in all who work in accident and emergency medicine. The Patients' Charter" highlights the importance of triage and states that patients should be seen immediately and their need for treatment assessed. Triage derives from the French word meaning 'to sort'...

Triage, the first step in the assessment of emergency department patients, occurs in a highly dynamic environment that functions under constraints of time, physical space, and patient needs that may exceed available resources. Through triage, patients are placed into one of a limited number of categories using a subset of diagnostic information. To facilitate this task and standardize the triag...

background and objectives: the iranian ministry of health and medical education (mohme) has obligated health settings to follow the reference guidelines developed by the ministry in implementing of emergency department triage system. the present study aimed at auditing the compliance of emergency department triage system in shahid madani hospital, in terms of compliance with mohme guideline, an...

Triage is a process that is critical to the effective management of modern emergency departments. Triage systems aim, not only to ensure clinical justice for the patient, but also to provide an effective tool for departmental organisation, monitoring and evaluation. Over the last 20 years, triage systems have been standardised in a number of countries and efforts made to ensure consistency of a...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown no measurable improvement in triage accuracy among physicians attending the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course and suggests a curriculum revision regarding triage. Other studies have indicated that cooperative learning helps students acquire knowledge. OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of trauma cards in triage...