Table 2 ED acuity assigned to patients in relation to primary and secondary triage outcomes assigned
Primary triage outcome* | Immediate resuscitation | Very urgent | Urgent | Standard | Non-urgent | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||||
Care within 1 h | 32 | 55.2% | 1,545 | 52.5% | 3,189 | 45.1% | 2,687 | 45.4% | 108 | 41.4% | 7,561 | |
Care within 2 h | 15 | 25.9% | 874 | 29.7% | 2,501 | 35.4% | 1,649 | 27.9% | 78 | 29.9% | 5,117 | |
Care within 4–6 h | 7 | 12.1% | 371 | 12.6% | 991 | 14.0% | 1,131 | 19.1% | 55 | 21.1% | 2,555 | |
Same day care (24 h) | 3 | 5.2% | 142 | 4.8% | 359 | 5.1% | 408 | 6.9% | 14 | 5.4% | 926 | |
Routine care | 1 | 1.7% | 6 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.1% | 19 | 0.3% | 3 | 1.1% | 39 | |
Self-care/no urgency | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 0.2% | 22 | 0.3% | 27 | 0.5% | 3 | 1.1% | 59 | |
Total | 58 | 2,945 | 7,072 | 5,921 | 261 | 16,257 | ||||||
% | 0.4% | 18.1% | 43.5% | 36.4% | 1.6% | |||||||
Secondary triage outcome ** | ||||||||||||
Emergency | 5 | 8.6% | 246 | 8.4% | 556 | 7.9% | 281 | 4.7% | 2 | 0.8% | 1,090 | |
Care within 1 h | 4 | 6.9% | 443 | 15.1% | 912 | 12.9% | 629 | 10.6% | 16 | 6.1% | 2,004 | |
Care within 2 h | 19 | 32.8% | 938 | 31.9% | 2,113 | 29.9% | 1,657 | 28.0% | 64 | 24.5% | 4,791 | |
Care within 4–6 h | 20 | 34.5% | 833 | 28.3% | 2,277 | 32.2% | 1,925 | 32.5% | 86 | 33.0% | 5,141 | |
Same day care (24 h) | 2 | 3.4% | 154 | 5.2% | 460 | 6.5% | 536 | 9.1% | 31 | 11.9% | 1,183 | |
Routine care | 5 | 8.6% | 130 | 4.4% | 316 | 4.5% | 362 | 6.1% | 31 | 11.9% | 844 | |
Self-care/no urgency | 3 | 5.2% | 199 | 6.8% | 431 | 6.1% | 529 | 8.9% | 31 | 11.9% | 1,193 | |
Total | 58 | 100.0% | 2,943 | 7,065 | 5,919 | 261 | 16,246 | |||||
% | 0.4% | 18.1% | 43.5% | 36.4% | 1.6% | |||||||