한국간호교육학회지 (The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education)
- 제7권2호
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- Pages.264-274
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- 2001
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- 1225-9578(pISSN)
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- 2093-7814(eISSN)
중증도 분류체계를 이용한 중증도분류(Triage)
Severity of Emergency Patient classified by Triage System
- Bae, Jung-Hee (ER, Busan Medical Center) ;
- Sohn, Sue-Kyung (Associate Professor, Dept. of Nursing Sceince, Kosin University)
- 발행 : 2001.12.01
초록
About the patients who visited the emergency department of a hospital, investigative study was performed to assess and to classify them with triage tool, and to estimate the characteristics of them. 210 patients older than 15 years were investigated. Among them 11 patients who had responded inappropriately were excluded and remaining 210 patients were chosen as study subjects. Investigation had been performed for 30 days from Jan. 10, 2001 to Feb. 9, 2001. The triage tool was designed through the modification of triage tools developed by Kim and Choi. The data were analyzed with the SPSS program using mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, ANOVA and Scheffe's test. The results were as follows: 1. Of the characteristics of the study subjects, mean age of patients were 55.76 years and 70-79 years group which included 41 patients(20.6%) were most numerous. 101 (51.8%) patients visited emergency room by 119 emergency service and 91(45.7%) patients walked with assistance. 127 patients were cared in internal medicine department. 2. The distribution of triage scores were from minimum 6 points to maximum 18 points with mean