title: The Cape Triage Score -- a triage system for South Africa.
abstract: The Cape Triage Score (CTS) has been derived by the Cape Triage Group (CTG) for use in emergency units throughout South Africa. It can also be used in the pre-hospital setting, although it is not designed for mass casualty situations. The CTS comprises a physiologically based scoring system and a list of discriminators, designed to triage patients into one of five priority groups for medical attention. Three versions have been developed, for adults, children and infants.
authors.affiliation: Cape Triage Group, Joint Emergency Medicine Division, Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. capetriage@bvr.co.za
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wallis
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bruijns
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balfour
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*