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TRIAGE
An essential function in Emergency Departments
(EDs), where many patients may present
simultaneously.
Function:
Ensure that patients are treated in the order of their
clinical urgency which refers to the need for time-
critical intervention.
Allows for the allocation of the patient to the most
appropriate assessment and treatment area, and
contributes information that helps to describe the
departmental case-mix.
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Triage Assessment
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Triage Assessment
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Time to Treatment
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Re-Triage
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Triage Colours
Red (Category 1)
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Category 4
ATS Response Description of Clinical Descriptors
Category Category
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Category 5
ATS Response Description of Clinical Descriptors
Category Category
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Documentation Standards
Date and time of Initial triage category
assessment allocated
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