Objective: To validate use of the Manchester triage system in paediatric emergency care. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Emergency departments of a university hospital and a teaching ...

Since the end of April this year, Dornbirn Hospital has been using a triage system that originated in the UK in 1995 and provides for emergency room patients to be treated according to urgency.

The Manchester triage system can be successfully applied to paediatric emergency care, according to Dutch researchers. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, learning units, ...

Some hospitals are using an out of date triaging tool for emergency patients suffering from sepsis that could leave them at risk of harm. A warning has been issued to NHS trusts to make sure their ...

Background: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage and ...

Doctors at one surgery in Manchester have come up with a novel way of improving access for patients... by meeting them in the waiting room. Dr Faizan Ahmed and his partners at the Moss Side Medical ...

Care home staff across England and Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a new patient assessment tool, which has proven to help avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and ambulance call outs. The ...