CJEM Debate Series: #TriageAgain-are current triage methods dangerous?… if we cannot actually treat those triaged as urgent within a safe time frame?

CJEM. 2024 May;26(5):312-315. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00681-9. Epub 2024 Apr 9.

Authors

Ffion Davies¹, Patrick Ballesteros², Larry Melniker³, Paul Atkinson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
² University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, NB, Canada. Paul.Atkinson@Dal.ca.

PMID: 38592664
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00681-9

No abstract available

Keywords: Crowding; Emergency medicine; Triage.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Canada
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Triage* / methods