Open AccessOutcomes for Emergency Severity Index Triage Implementation in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Amir Mirhaghi,
Hadi Kooshiar,
Habibollah Esmaeili,
Mohsen Ebrahimi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11791.5737
Subject(s) - triage , emergency department , concordance , medicine , inter rater reliability , observational study , medical emergency , emergency medicine , scale (ratio) , nursing , rating scale , psychology , developmental psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Hospital triage scale in emergency departments needs to be valid and reliable. Lack of sufficient data exists on triage scale rigor in emergency departments of Iran. This study aimed to determine the impact of the emergency severity index (ESI) triage scale in the emergency department.