BACKGROUND: Injuries caused by emergencies and accidents are increasing in the world.
To prioritise patients to provide them with proper services and to optimally use the resources …

Introduction: The use of triage systems is one of the most important measures in response to
mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) caused by emergencies and disasters. In these systems …

The emergency medical services (EMS) cover initiatives and services established to provide
essential medical assistance in situations of acute illness. Triage-methods for systematic …

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 …

Mass-casualty triage has developed from a wartime necessity to a civilian tool to ensure that
constrained medical resources are directed at achieving the greatest good for the most …

Study objective Rapid growth in emergency department (ED) triage literature has been
accompanied by diversity in study design, methodology, and outcome assessment. We aim …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The mass casualty triage system known as simple triage and rapid
treatment (START) has been widely used in the United States since the 1980s. However, no …

Introduction In an optimal trauma system, prehospital trauma triage ensures transport of the
right patient to the right hospital. Incorrect triage results in undertriage and overtriage. The …

Objective To assess and compare the performance of triage systems for identifying high and
low-urgency patients in the emergency department (ED). Design Systematic review and …

This review evaluates some of the international literature on triage in order to provide
evidencebased data for the medical community in Saudi Arabia specifically and the Eastern …