background hospital emergency departments (eds) are as barometers of the health care system. crowded eds threaten delivery of timely care. prolonged ed wait times reduce the quality of care and increase adverse and sometimes irreversible events. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the patients' waiting time at namazi and shahid faghihi hospitals in shiraz, iran. patients and m...

OBJECTIVE General practices increasingly use telephone triage to manage patient flows. During triage, the urgency of the call and required type of care are determined. This study examined the organization and adequacy of telephone triage in general practices in the Netherlands. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study using a web-based survey among practice assistants including questions on...

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...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Triage standing orders are used in emergency departments (EDs) to initiate evaluation when there is no bed available. This study evaluates the effect of diagnostic triage standing orders on ED treatment time of adult patients who presented with a chief complaint for which triage standing orders had been developed. METHODS We conducted a retrospective nested cohort study of pat...

Traditional triage could not meet the needs of battlefield casualties' care in modern warfare. This paper designs of triage and medical evacuation system for casualties at sea that can quickly address mass-casualty triage, and store and transmit medical information during battlefield treatment and medical evacuation. This system consists of a high-capacity medical information card, a simulated ...

Background Triage of patients in the Emergency Department includes scoring of vital parameters. The objective of this study was to compare two such triage systems for assessing vital parameters a single-parameter system, T-vital, as used in Danish Emergency Process Triage, and a multiple-parameter system, T-EWS, which we based on Early Warning Score (EWS) and correlate the triage scores to in-h...

The history of triage started from the French battle field for prioritizing patients. Emergency triage was started in early 1950's in USA in order to treat the sickest first. It has now become an integral component of all emergency departments (ED). The basic aim of triage is not only to sort out patients according to the criticality of their illness, but it also serves to streamline the patien...

OBJECTIVES Developments in triage have led to patients being directed to triage rather than reception upon arrival in A&E. This study aimed to discover if attending triage or reception first, was preferable in terms of timeliness, clarity and safety. METHODS The study compared two consecutive four week periods during which patients were directed to attend triage first and then reception first...

UNLABELLED Emergency department triage is a prerequisite for the rapid identification of critically ill patients and for allocation of the correct acuity level which is pivotal for medical safety. The patient's first encounter with a medical professional in the emergency department is often with the triage nurse. OBJECTIVES To identify patient experience of the triage encounter. METHODS A q...