A model of complaint based for overcrowding emergency department: Five-level hacettepe emergency triage system

Doǧaç Niyazi Özüçelik, Mehmet Mahir Kunt, Mehmet Ali Karaca, Bülent Erbil, Bülent Sivri, Ahmet Şahin, Yeşim Çetinkaya Şardan, Mehmet Mahir Özmen, Bahar Güçiz Doǧan

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Abstract

BACKGROUND To compare ESI Five-Level Triage System with 5-Level Hacettepe Emergency Triage System (HETS), which was developed for Overcrowded EDs in our country. METHODS Over a period of six days, patients were assessed by a different ED staff everyday using HETS, then re-evaluated blindly by an emergency physician using HETS. Then patients were evaluated blindly for a third time by an independent, ESI-using emergency physician. RESULTS Of the patients in the study, 133 were men, 175 were women and the average age was 44.41±18.033. Inter-rater agreement was 97.40% (Kappa=0.963) between HETS and HETS-Blind, 74.35% (Kappa=0.646) between HETS and ESI-Blind, 74.67% (Kappa=0.652) between HETS- Blind and ESI-Blind. Inter-observer agreement between the second emergency physician performing HETS-Blind and the first emergency physician, resident, or nurse was very good (Kappa=1.0). Intern doctor, non-medical secretary and paramedic were found to have almost very good agreement (Kappa=0.971; 0.935; 0.864, respectively). An overtriage of 7.25% and undertriage of 1.08% were found in HETS. CONCLUSION Complaint-based HEST developed for overcrowded EDs is a triage system with a very good agreement between observations and observers. low undertriage and overtriage ratios, and easy application by all staff from a non-medical secretary to the emergency physician.

Translated title of the contributionAşırı kalabalık aciller için şikayet temelli bir model: Beş-düzeyli hacettepe acil triyaj sistemi
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-214
Number of pages10
JournalUlusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Complaint-based triage system
  • Emergency medicine department
  • Emergency severity index
  • Hacettepe emergency triage system
  • Triage

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