Crowding in the emergency department (ED) is a well documented problem putting patients at risk of adverse outcomes. To combat this, most ED's use some form of triage. In the last two decades systematic triage or process triage has become the norm in most countries but this approach is supported by limited evidence. Our aim is to develop a faster triage model of only a few vital parameters, based on a data from a large cohort of unselected ED patients and evaluate if such a model combined with a clinical assessment by the ED nurse is inferior to existing triage models in a prospective cluster-randomized trial
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50,000
The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm is a new triage method for faster triage in the ED
Herlev Hospital
Herlev, Capital Region, Denmark
Bispebjerg Hospital
København NV, Capital Region, Denmark
All cause mortality
Time frame starts at the beginning of the index admission, defined as first admission in the study period. Patients will be followed using central registers.
Time frame: 30 days
Number of patients with an admission to the intensive care unit
Time frame: 30 days
Length of stay during admission
Time frame: 30 days
Waiting time for treatment
Waiting time from first presenting at ED to first treatment startet
Time frame: 8 hours
Number of readmissions
Patients will be followed using central registers. All new admissions within 91 days of the same patient is defined as readmissions.
Time frame: 30 and 90 days
All cause mortality
Time frame: 48 hours
All cause mortality
Time frame: 90 days
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