Guidance when Applying the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to the Geriatric Patient: Executive Summary

doi:10.1017/cem.2017.363

. 2017 Jul;19(S2):S28-S37.

doi: 10.1017/cem.2017.363.

Guidance when Applying the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to the Geriatric Patient: Executive Summary

Affiliations

¹ *University of Alberta Hospital,University of Alberta, Edmonton,AB.
² †Mount Sinai Hospital,University of Toronto,Toronto,ON.
³ ‡Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec,Quebec,QC.
⁴ §Horizon Health Network,Miramichi,NB.
⁵ ¶Jewish General Hospital, McGill University,Montreal,QB.
⁶ ║G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital,Clarenville, NL.
⁷ ††Health Sciences Winnipeg, University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, MB.
⁸ ‡‡Alberta Health Services,Rimbey, AB.
⁹ §§Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario,London, ON.
¹⁰ ¶¶Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia,Dartmouth, NS.

PMID: 28756798
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2017.363

Guidance when Applying the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to the Geriatric Patient: Executive Summary

Michael J Bullard et al. CJEM. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;19(S2):S28-S37.

doi: 10.1017/cem.2017.363.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ *University of Alberta Hospital,University of Alberta, Edmonton,AB.
² †Mount Sinai Hospital,University of Toronto,Toronto,ON.
³ ‡Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec,Quebec,QC.
⁴ §Horizon Health Network,Miramichi,NB.
⁵ ¶Jewish General Hospital, McGill University,Montreal,QB.
⁶ ║G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital,Clarenville, NL.
⁷ ††Health Sciences Winnipeg, University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, MB.
⁸ ‡‡Alberta Health Services,Rimbey, AB.
⁹ §§Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario,London, ON.
¹⁰ ¶¶Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia,Dartmouth, NS.

PMID: 28756798
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2017.363

Erratum in

Guidance when Applying the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to the Geriatric Patient - ERRATUM.
Bullard MJ, Melady D, Emond M; members of the CTAS National working group; Musgrave E, Unger B, van der Linde E, Grierson R, Skeldon T, Warren D, Swain J. Bullard MJ, et al. CJEM. 2017 Sep;19(5):415. doi: 10.1017/cem.2017.397. Epub 2017 Aug 22. CJEM. 2017. PMID: 28829009 No abstract available.

No abstract available

Keywords: CTAS; elderly; geriatric; prioritization; safety; triage.

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