- ►nih.gov L Wallis, S Carley, CT Hodgetts - British Medical Journal, 2006 - emj.bmj.com Background: Triage at the site of a major incident is key to effective scene
management. A number of triage algorithms have been suggested to assist the
triage officer to determine triage priorities. However, many advocated ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
M Twomey, LA Wallis, JE Myers - British Medical Journal, 2007 - emj.bmj.com Results and conclusion: Numerous limitations are embedded in the process of
validating triage scales. Methods of triage scale validation in developed
countries may not be appropriate and repeatable in developing countries. ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Lyons, R Brown, R Wears - British Medical Journal, 2007 - emj.bmj.com Results: No significant difference was found between grades of staff for the
average triage time or the fraction of time absent from triage. In all, 67% of
the time spent absent from triage was due to escorting patients into the ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov SB Gottschalk, D Wood, S DeVries, LA Wallis, … - British Medical Journal, 2006 - emj.bmj.com The Cape Triage Group (CTG) convened with the intention of producing a triage
system for the Western Cape, and eventually South Africa. The group includes
in-hospital and prehospital staff from varied backgrounds. The CTG triage ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
A Nasr, A Mikrogianakis, D McDowall, P … - The Journal of Trauma, 2007 - journals.lww.com Background: Simon et al. developed a simple secondary triage tool (mPTS) based
on physiologic parameters and physical findings to identify pediatric trauma
patients who had a low likelihood of serious injury. Such patients could be ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov LA Wallis, S Carley - British Medical Journal, 2006 - emj.bmj.com Methods: In total, 3461 children presenting to a South African emergency
department with trauma were scored using the four different methods. The
sensitivity and specificity of the four scores was calculated against the ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►nih.gov LA Wallis, S Carley - British Medical Journal, 2006 - emj.bmj.com Methods: A database of children presenting the Trauma Unit of the Red Cross
Children's Hospital, Cape Town, was developed over a nine month period. Each
child was triaged using the PTT, and had an Injury Severity Score (ISS) ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
OT Rutschmann, M Kossovsky, A Geissbühler, … - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2006 - Elsevier (1) The concordance between the observed triage decision and an
expert-attributed emergency level was perfect in 58% of the situations. Triage
acuity was overestimated in 11%, and underestimated in 31%. (2) There was a ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 21 versions
