Triage and minimising crowding in emergency departments
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Record ID 32015000468
English
Authors' recommendations:
- Crowding happens in all emergency departments and is associated with increased mortality, reduced quality of care and staff burnout
- Triage scales are useful in identifying the least urgent cases
- Senior doctor triage may help to reduce length of stay in the emergency department, but further research is needed to support any transition to possible models of doctor triage
- Primary care staff in emergency departments may be useful but further research is needed to determine
effective models of working
- "Fast-tracking" less urgent patients can reduce the time to initial contact with a doctor and emergency department length of stay
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2015
URL for published report:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/effectiveness-matters-January-2015-triage.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England
MeSH Terms
- Emergency Service, Hospital
Contact
Organisation Name:
University of York
Contact Address:
University of York, York, Y01 5DD, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1904 321040, Fax: +44 1904 321041,
Contact Name:
crd@york.ac.uk
Contact Email:
crd@york.ac.uk
Copyright:
University of York
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