Interactive triage simulator revealed important variability in both process and outcome of emergency triage

Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Kossovsky, Michel; Geissbuhler, Antoine; Perneger, Thomas; Vermeulen, Bernard; Simon, Josette; Sarasin, François

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.003

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English

Interactive triage simulator revealed important variability in both process and outcome of emergency triage

ContributorsRutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Kossovsky, Michel; Geissbuhler, Antoine

; Perneger, Thomas; Vermeulen, Bernard; Simon, Josette; Sarasin, François

Published inJournal of clinical epidemiology, vol. 59, no. 6, p. 615-621

Publication date2006

Abstract

(1) to evaluate the performance of emergency department triage; (2) to explore the variability of the triage process; and (3) to examine the reliability of a four-level triage scale, using an interactive triage simulator.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Computer Simulation
Emergencies
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)/methods
Prospective Studies
Quality of Health Care
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index
Triage

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RUTSCHMANN, Olivier Thierry et al. Interactive triage simulator revealed important variability in both process and outcome of emergency triage. In: Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2006, vol. 59, n° 6, p. 615–621. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.003

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PID : unige:39628
DOI : 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.003
PMID : 16713524

ISSN of the journal0895-4356

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Interactive triage simulator revealed important variability in both process and outcome of emergency triage

(1) to evaluate the performance of emergency department triage; (2) to explore the variability of the triage process; and (3) to examine the reliability of a four-level triage scale, using an interactive triage simulator.

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