The accuracy of nurse-led triage of adult patients in the emergency centre of urban private hospitals

Background: Triage is applied in emergency centres (ECs) to assign degrees of urgency to illnesses or injuries to decide in which order to treat patients, especially when there are many patients or casualties, facilitating the allocation of scarce medical resources. A triage nurse determines triage...

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Main Authors: Jenna Smith, Celia Filmalter, Andries Masenge, Tanya Heyns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X2200009X