Retrospective study of adult patients (\> 16 y) admitted to Geneva University Hospitals with alcohol abuse. Triage criteria will be reviewed. Patients characteristics and patient flow in the ED will be described.
A retrospective analysis of triage notes and electronic medical records will be performed in order to identify how triage evaluation is performed accordingly to the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale criteria. The proportion of patients leaving without being seen will be computed. Caracteristics of these patients will be compared to patients with medical evaluation.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
775
No intervention
Geneva University Hospitals, ED
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Triage questions asked
Number of questions asked at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage questions asked
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours
Triage vital signs measured
Number of vital signs measured at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage vital signs measured
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours
Number of undertriage
Number of patients with level 3 emergency levels attributed instead of level 2
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours
Number of mistriage
Number of patients with erroneous triage reason attributed
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours
% of patients leaving without being seen
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours
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