ViEWS from the prehospital perspective: a comparison with a prehospital score to triage categorisation in the emergency department.
This aim of this observ estigate how the recently introduced National Early Warning Score (ViEWS) applied in the prehospital setting (Ph-ViEWS) compares with the Manchester Triage System (MTS) used in most Emergency Departments (ED) in Ireland. 386 patients fitted the inclusion criteria of which 272 (69%) had a complete set of values. Of 272 MTS 1 and 2 patients, only 114 (42%) had a Ph-ViEWS ⋝7. This study found that a substantial number of patients deemed urgent at the time of triage do not have elevated Ph-ViEWS.
HSE National Ambulance Service, Ambulance Station, Dooradoyle, Limerick.
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University of Limerick, Limerick.
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Cummins
Departments of Biostatistics, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Co Limerick.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Co Limerick.
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D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D014218:Triage / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*