title: [Triage in first-aid: is it necessary or indispensable?].
abstract: The priorities of a modern emergency care unit with more than 20,000 patients/year are analysed underlining that only a professional organization can offset the increasing demand of the population. The importance of a pre-evaluation of the patients in a triage unit to privilege the real emergency cases is underlined. These emergency units also need an information network in a real-time contact with the nearby sanitary structures and the Operative Center. This for a faster hospitalization of the patients who need it. The opportunity to improve the contacts between the family doctor and the Hospital to a better use of the Sanitary System is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Uboldo, Cernusco s.n., Milano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Massaia Lamberti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roveda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boni
mesh_terms: D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D014218:Triage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Il triage di pronto soccorso: necessario o indispensabile?