The overall hypothesis of this study is that an improved initial triage of patients at an early stage of ED admission with incorporation of the MTS, initial clinical parameters and vital signs, ...

Triage is a medical term that means to separate or sort. Developed by Dominique Jean Larrey in the early 1800s, triage has been a standard in EMS since the latter’s inception. Through all of the ...

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Background: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage and ...