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Manchester Triage System (MTS)

The Manchester Triage System (MTS) is a standardized procedure for systematic initial assessment of the urgency of treatment in the emergency room. Specially trained nurses divide newly arriving patients into one of five urgency groups based on their symptoms. The aim is to quickly determine safe and comprehensible treatment priorities.In contrast to triage in war or disaster situations, it is assumed that all incoming patients can actually be treated within a certain time window; a group of "dying" people who are not treated is therefore not provided for.

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Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS)

In 1995, the CAEP Triage and Acuity scale was launched in Canada relying on a simplified version of the Australian National Triage Scale. This scale used three categories, emergent, urgent, and non-urgent. This scale was deprecated in 1999 with the introduction of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), which is used across the country to sort incoming patients. The system categorizes patients by both injury and physiological findings, and ranks them by severity from 1β€"5 (1 being highest).

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National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2

The NEWS is based on a simple aggregate scoring system in which a score is allocated to physiological measurements, already recorded in routine practice, when patients present to, or are being monitored in hospital. Six simple physiological parameters form the basis of the scoring system:

• respiration rate
• oxygen saturation
• systolic blood pressure
• pulse rate
• level of consciousness or new confusion*
• temperature.

A score is allocated to each parameter as they are measured, with the magnitude of the score reflecting how extremely the parameter varies from the norm. The score is then aggregated and uplifted by 2 points for people requiring supplemental oxygen to maintain their recommended oxygen saturation.

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Australasian Triage Scale (ATS)

The ATS aims to ensure that patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) are treated in the order of their clinical urgency and allocated to the most appropriate assessment and treatment area. The ATS also helps to describe the departmental case-mix. The ATS utilises five categories from Category 1 β€" an immediately life-threatening condition that requires immediate simultaneous assessment and treatment β€" to Category 5 - a chronic or minor condition which can be assessed and treated within two hours. The ATS is only used to describe clinical urgency. Separate measures are required to describe severity, complexity, quality of care, workload and staffing.