Emergency Department (ED) triage systems are critical frameworks designed to prioritise patient care based on the severity of illness or injury. These systems ensure that limited medical resources are ...

A federal complaint filed in North Texas alleges that if the coronavirus pandemic worsens, local hospitals will be forced to ration medical resources using guidelines that discriminate against people ...

Increased vigilance for high blood pressure and diffuse stomach pain. These are some of the characteristics of emergency care adapted for pregnant women and new mothers. The model, which could become ...

Triage is a medical term that means to separate or sort. Developed by Dominique Jean Larrey in the early 1800s, triage has been a standard in EMS since the latter’s inception. Through all of the ...

A year on since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic first emerged, many lessons have been learned about the dynamics of its spread. Immediate isolation and contact tracing has played a ...

Background: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage and ...