Electronic triage support tool continues to grow, support consistency

By Sayurie Naidoo Triage nurses are typically the first clinician that people see when they arrive at an emergency department (ED). These nurses must be able to assess and act quickly, and have excellent communication and observational skills. They also need thorough knowledge and understanding of the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS). Using CTAS,. But to calculate a CTAS score, triage nurses must consider thousands of possible combinations of the 169 presenting complaints and more than 400 modifiers that refine the severity of the patient’s vital signs and symptoms. In September 2016, Hospital News reported that an electronic version of CTAS (eCTAS) would launch to improve emergency room triage accuracy for better patient care in Ontario. eCTAS is a decision-support tool that recommends a triage score based on information

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