BACKGROUND The Amberg-Schwandorf Algorithm for Primary Triage (ASAV) is a novel primary triage concept specifically for physician manned emergency medical services (EMS) systems. In this study, we determined the diagnostic reliability and the time requirements of ASAV triage. METHODS Seven hundred eighty triage runs performed by 76 trained EMS providers of varying professional qualification w...

Digital triage is the first investigative step of the forensic examination. The digital triage comes in two forms, live triage and post-mortem triage. The primary goal of the live triage is a rapid extraction of an intelligence from the potential sources. The live triage raises legitimate concerns. The post-mortem triage is conducted in the laboratory and its main goal is ranking of the seized ...

Methods The Hillerød Acute Process Triage (HAPT) is inspired by the Swedish Adaptive Process Triage (ADAPT) and ranks patients into 5 level colour-coded triage, ranging from red (most urgent) through orange, yellow, green and blue (least urgent). Patients are assigned a triage category for each of the to main descriptors 1) vital signs and 2) presenting complaint. The variable of the two associ...

Purpose: In the present study, we aimed to identify the factors that affect nurses’ decision making in triage. Method: We used a predictive design in this survey, with triage records created by researchers and completed by triage nurses at five emergency hospitals. The survey was held for five days within January of 2012. We performed multiple linear regression analysis with triage duration as ...

BACKGROUND Most current triage tools have been tested among hospital nurses groups but there are not similar studies in university setting. In this study we analyzed if a course on a new four-level triage model, triage emergency method (TEM), could improve the quality of rating in a group of nursing students. METHODS This observational study was conducted with paper scenarios at the Universit...

Since the last century, triage is modified with scientific and modern approaches and more logically dependent on physiological needs and assessment findings of patients. Assess, Categorization/transport are the bases of all triage.2 Different types of triage are functional at present i.e. "Simple triage", used at the scene of a mass-casualty, to sort patients who need critical attention and con...

PURPOSE Nurses played a critical role in performing triage during the Iran-Iraq War. However, their experiences in triage have not been discussed. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the triage experiences of civilian nurses during the Iran-Iraq War. METHODS Oral history method and in-depth interviews were used to collect data to gain the nurses' experiences in triage. RESULTS...

results increase from 6.46 to 8.92 minutes in the average time from patient arrival to being visited by a physician (p < 0.001) and increase in average time from physician visit to receive the first nursing care from 7.68 to 15.89 minutes were significant (p < 0.001). the average waiting time for laboratory services was significantly decreased from 112.3 to 84.1 (p = 0.033). increase in the ave...

Background Triage algorithms for sorting patients according to their severity of illness have recently been implemented at several emergency departments in Denmark. Clinical effectiveness and safety depend on standardization of the triage process. We implemented a 5-level triage algorithm for which triage nurses underwent an initial training. The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of ...