Triage is a process used to assess patients and determine priority of care. It involves an initial critical look at the patient, screening for infectious diseases, interviewing the patient, and objectively assessing their condition to make a triage decision. The most common triage system used categorizes patients into 5 levels based on their needs - level 1 being the most urgent who require continuous nursing care, down to level 5 who are the least urgent and require reassessment every 120 minutes. The goal of triage is to do the most good for the most patients.

1. “Not all patients are as well as they
appear and not all patients are as
sick as they think.”
Triage

2. triage
• Why we do triage?
• How many triaging systems we have?
• what system we usually use?

3. The Process of
the triage
Critical first look
Screening for infectious disease
Interviewing the patient
Objective assessment
Making the triage decision

4. CTAS Level 1 Resuscitations
Level 2 Emergent
Level 3 Urgent
Level 4 Less urgent
Level 5 Non-urgent

5. • Level 1 – Continuous nursing care
• Level 2 – Every 15 minutes
• Level 3 – Every 30 minutes
• Level 4 – Every 60 minutes
• Level 5 – Every 120 minutes

6. Let’s summarize
• Triage is a systemic and standardized way
to assess patients’ needs, sickness and
priorities
• The first rule is to protect yourself
• Over triage than undertriage
• Ask for help

7. Disaster
• Do the most good for the most

9. Questions?