Implementing best practice into the emergency department triage process

International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare
Luke BurgessSonia Hines

Abstract

Triage is the process by which emergency departments (EDs) sort patients presenting for medical treatment. The Australasian Triage Scale, validated to measure urgency, answers the question 'This patient should wait for medical assessment and treatment no longer than…' Multiple patients may present within short time frames, and some will have conditions that have outcomes directly related to timeliness of treatment such as stroke, sepsis and myocardial infarction. The safety of patients within the ED is thus directly related to the triage system. This project aimed to compare current triage practice within a metropolitan ED with evidence-based practice guidelines produced by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and College of Emergency Nurses Australasia. The clinical audit project was undertaken in an ED in a large metropolitan hospital. Two hundred episodes of triage were audited, 100 in the preimplementation and 100 in the postimplementation phase. Current practice was compared with triage guidelines, barriers to adherence to evidence-based practice identified, and interventions were planned and implemented to address these. The audits of practice focused on five key areas and were assessed against 12 criteria: arr...Continue Reading

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