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A mixed methods investigation of emergency communications centre triage in the Government Emergency Medical Services System, Cape Town, South Africa

INTRODUCTION: In order to allocate resources in an effective manner, emergency medical services (EMS) systems use dispatch-based triaging to prioritise patients by acuity. Over-triage, wherein patients are assigned a higher priority level than necessary, can serve as a safety measure. However, it pl...

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Published in:Afr J Emerg Med
Main Authors: Alshehri, M.F., Pigoga, J.L., Wallis, L.A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7723918/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33318896
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.02.004
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