Reliability and performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale used by paramedics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

No general emergency department triage scale has been evaluated for prehospital triage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and the performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) used by paramedics to determine the emergency level and orientation of simulated patients.

Patients and methods

In a prospective cross-sectional study, 23 paramedics evaluated 28 clinical scenarios with the SETS using interactive computerized triage software simulating real-life triage. The primary outcome was inter-rater reliability regarding the triage level among participants measured by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Secondary outcomes were the accuracy of triage level and the reliability and accuracy of orientation of patients of at least 75

SUBMITTER: Grosgurin O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6504125 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature