From: Strategies to measure and improve emergency department performance: a scoping review
Intervention | Intervention Characteristics |
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Senior Doctor Triage/ team triage | Designed to allow for rapid medical intervention and care escalation, senior doctor triage/ team triage involves the presence of a (senior) emergency doctor (physician) in triage to identify potential emergencies, initiate diagnostics and treatment prior to patients being seen in ED [8, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]. |
Dedicated Triage Resources | Dedicated triage resources include a dedicated ECG technician and machine, and the creation of a dedicated ECG room with two stretchers beside triage [23] |
Triage Education | Staff education about atypical presentations, signs and symptoms, as well as how to perform ECGs have been implemented [23] |
Triage Systems | Variations in triage systems include prioritising patients without providing treatment, prioritising patients while providing simple treatment and formal triage systems [15] |
Triage Protocols | Triage protocols procedures for specific symptoms and treatments, for example, nurse-requested radiograph protocol outlines the rules and procedures under which nurses can/ should request radiographs for patients at triage [24] |
Nurse-led Triage | Nurse-led-triage involves triage by a Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Emergency nurse Practitioner, or ED nurse [26] |