Profile and triage validity of trauma patients triaged green: a prospective cohort study from a secondary care hospital in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the profile of non-urgent patients triaged 'green', as part of a triage trial in the emergency department (ED) of a secondary care hospital in India. The secondary aim was to validate the triage trial with the South African Triage Score (SATS).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A secondary care hospital in Mumbai, India.

Participants

Patients aged 18 years and above with a history of trauma defined as having any of the external causes of morbidity and mortality listed in block V01-Y36, chapter XX of the International Classification of Disease version 10 codebook, triaged green between July 2016 and November 2019.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Outcome measures were mortality within 24 hours, 30 days and mistriage.

SUBMITTER: Anthony AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature