title: Assessment and risk classification protocol for patients in emergency units.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to develop, validate the contents and verify the reliability of a risk classification protocol for an Emergency Unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  the content validation was developed in a University Hospital in a country town located in the state of Sao Paulo and was carried out in two stages: the first with the individual assessment of specialists and the second with the meeting between the researchers and the specialists. The use of the protocol followed a specific guide. Concerning reliability, the concordance or equivalent method among observers was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the protocol developed showed to have content validity and, after the suggested changes were made, there were excellent results concerning reliability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the assistance flow chart was shown to be easy to use, and facilitate the search for the complaint in each assistance priority.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michele de Freitas Neves
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Novelli
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Maino
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pergola-Marconato
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Marconato
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliete Boaventura
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Bargas
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Izilda Esmenia Muglia
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Araujo
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004630:Emergencies / Q000145:classification*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment