Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Triage category |
METEOR identifier: | 270078 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 |
Definition: | The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category |
Value Domain: | Triage category code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | This triage classification is to be used in the emergency departments of hospitals. Patients will be triaged into one of five categories on the National Triage Scale according to the triageur's response to the question: 'This patient should wait for medical care no longer than ...?'. The triage category is allocated by an experienced registered nurse or medical practitioner. If the triage category changes, record the more urgent category. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Triage Scale, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 29/01/2012 Is re-engineered from Triage category, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.3 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012 DSS specific information: This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes. Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 |