articleJournal watchJan 1, 2000Closed access

EMT Triage at Scene May Not Be Safe

Abstract

Not everyone who uses the prehospital system needs ambulance transportation, but triaging patients is fraught with pitfalls. These authors evaluated whether emergency medical technicians in Portland, Oregon could apply prehospital triage protocols appropriately. Emergency medicine experts developed a set of triage protocols to stratify patients into 1 of …

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  • Triage
  • Medicine
  • Medical emergency
  • Emergency medical services
  • Emergency department
  • Emergency medicine
  • Nursing
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