Assessment of the patients' outcomes after implementation of South African triage scale in emergency department, Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Overcrowding in emergency department (ED) is a concerning global problem and has been identified as a national crisis in some countries. Several emergency sorting systems designed successfully in the world. Launched in 2004, a group of branches in South African triage scale (SATS) developed. The effectiveness of the case sorting system of SATS was evaluated to reduce the patient's length of stay (LOS) and mortality rate within the ED at Suez Canal University Hospital.

Methods

The study was designed as an intervention study that included a systematic random sample of patients who presented to the ED in Suez Canal University Hospital. This study was implemented in three phases: pre-intervention phase, 115 patients were assessed by the traditional protocols; interventio

SUBMITTER: Elbaih AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039833 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature