Status:
COMPLETED
The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for Children; A Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation.
Lead Sponsor:
St. Justine's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
SickKids Foundation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Triage
Pediatrics
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 18 years
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and the reproducibility of the canadian triage and acuity scale when applied by regular nurses for the triage of children in the Emergency Department.
Detailed Description
The role of triage in the Emergency Department (ED) is to assign high priority to patients who need urgent care while identifying patients that may be able to wait safely. The Canadian Triage and Acui...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Every patient younger than 18 years old that presents to the ED will be eligible except for those that need to go directly to the resuscitation room (triage level 1)
Exclusion
- For ethical reasons, patients that need an immediate treatment will not be recruited in the study.
- Patients for whom an informed consent could not be obtained (example: insurmountable language barriers) will not be included.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
1464 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00807352
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2011
Last Update
August 5 2011
Active Locations (9)
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1
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6A8
2
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2C8
3
BC Children's and Women's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
4
IWK Heath Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8