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Table 2 Outcomes per triage level

From: Validation of a modified South African triage scale in a high-resource setting: a retrospective cohort study

Triage level

24 h mortality

Admission to ICU/surgery

Not admitted

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

1—red (emergency)

641 (3.9%)

4869 (29.6%)

447 (2.7%)

2—orange (very urgent)

81 (0.3%)

1054 (3.9%)

1307 (4.9%)

3—yellow (urgent)

60 (0.10%)

714 (1.2%)

8916 (15.0%)

4—green (not urgent)

15 (0.03%)

266 (0.5%)

17,952 (31.3%)

5—blue (can wait)

2 (0.10%)

20 (1.0%)

1109 (53.2%)

  1. ICU intensive care unit