Triage in Emergency Department

Emergency Department (ED) Triage enables; Emergency Departments (ED) to: Prioritize patient care requirements. Examine patient care processes, workload, and resource requirements relative to case mix and community needs ED nurses and clinicians to: Triage patients according to the type and severity of their presenting signs and symptoms Ensure that the sickest patients are seen first Ensure that a patient’s need for care is reassessed while in the ED ED managers to: Measure the case mix (volume and acuity) of patients who visit the ED Determine whether the ED has an operational plan and the resources to meet patient needs Assess the ED’s role within the hospital and the county