Role of Guideline Adherence in Improving Field Triage.

Craig D NewgardRongwei FuE Brooke Lerner Mohamud R DayaJonathan JuiLynn WittwerTerri A SchmidtDana ZiveEileen M BulgerRitu SahniCraig WardenNathan Kuppermann

Published in: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors (2017)

The low sensitivity of current triage practices would be expected to improve with strict adherence to current triage guidelines, with a commensurate decrease in triage specificity and an increase in the number of triage-positive patients transported to major trauma centers.

Keyphrases

emergency department
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
primary care
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
insulin resistance