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Table 2 Nurses’ triage priority ratings of 20 fictive casesa

From: A reliability study of the rapid emergency triage and treatment system for children

Fictive patient case number

Nurses triage priority ratings

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Total ratings

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N

1

1 (3)

29 (94)b

1 (3)

0

31

2

12 (40)

18 (60)b

0

0

30

3

0

0

3 (10)

28 (90)b

30

4

29 (97)b

1 (3)

0

0

30

5

10 (32)

19 (62)b

2 (6)

0

31

6

5 (17)

24 (83)b

0

0

29

7

2 (6)

29 (94)b

0

0

31

8

0

27 (90)b

3 (10)

0

30

9

30 (100)b

0

0

0

30

10

0

1 (3)

29 (94)b

1 (3)

31

11

1 (3)

26 (90)b

2 (7)

0

29

12

0

22 (76)b

7 (24)

0

29

13

0

11 (37)

19 (63)b

0

30

14

1 (3)

28 (97)b

0

0

29

15

0

2 (7)

28 (93)b

0

30

16

0

0

29 (94)b

2 (6)

31

17

0

6 (19)

6 (19)

19 (62)b

31

18

4 (13)

27 (87)b

0

0

31

19

0

5 (17)

24 (83)b

0

29

20

29 (97)b

1 (3)

0

0

30

Total

124 (21)

276 (46)

153 (25)

50 (8)

603

  1. aIn Study 1, Wave A (n = 367 ratings) and Wave B (n = 236 ratings) combined
  2. b“Correct” priority rating as determined by the research group