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Table 3 Pre-hospital triage level according to RETTS-P in comparison with emergency definition

From: The performance of the EMS triage (RETTS-p) and the agreement between the field assessment and final hospital diagnosis: a prospective observational study among children < 16 years

 

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Total

Life-threatening vital signs1 (8)2

13

11

16

2

42

Potential life-threatening diagnosis (2)

4

12

1

1

18

Admitted to inpatient care (10)

9

25

39

6

79

PED discharge with intervention (22)

10

40

70

25

145

PED discharge with no intervention (22)

4

21

53

28

106

 

40

109

179

62

390

  1. 1Categories denoted in number of patients and one patient per category
  2. 2Missing triage colour per category
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BMC Pediatrics

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