In Australia the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) is used in Hospital emergency department in an attempt to have reproducibility in Emergency Departments across Australia.
When arriving in the emergency department a patient presents to the Triage Nurse who then places them into one of five different categories:
See handout
All patients should be sorted using this model, including pediatrics.
References:
http://www.medeserv.com.au/acem/open/documents/triage.htm
http://www.medeserv.com.au/acem/open/documents/triageguide.htm
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