title: Early Assessment of Patient's Medical Condition in Ambulance Care Affects the Level of Care of Non Urgent Patients.
abstract: The Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System (RETTS) is used by the Swedish ambulance care organization for assessment of patients medical condition. The aim of the present study was to evaluate prehospital assessment in collaboration with the ambulance nurse and primary health care physicians. If the patient's condition was priority GREEN by RETTS then the ambulance nurse decided to contact the primary care physicians for a dialogue and together they decided which level of care was the most appropriate for the patient's condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ambulance, Region Halland, Halmstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.affiliation: Department of R&D, Region Halland, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holmén
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ziegert
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances / Q000458:organization & administration; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013548:Sweden; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*