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Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS): Rural Implementation Statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Emergency committee (SRPC-ER) Working Group

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The Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) has been recognized as a significant improvement in standardizing triage in Canadian emergency departments (EDs), both urban and rural. Since its publication an increasing number of Canadian EDs have implemented the CTAS. It was intended to improve patient care through more appropriate triaging of patients, but a number of adverse effects from its implementation have been encountered in rural EDs.

Keywords

Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scaletriagerural and remote
Type
Joint Statement • Énoncé Conjoint
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , March 2003 , pp. 104 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

References

1.Beveridge, R, Clarke, B, Janes, L, Savage, N, Thompson, J, Dodd, G, et al. Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale: implementation guidelines. CJEM 1999;1(3 suppl). Available: http://www.caep.ca/002.policies/002–02.ctas.htm (updated 2002 Oct 2; accessed 2002 Dec 6).Google Scholar