Illness and Injury Triage

The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a tool for use in emergency department (ED) triage. The ESI triage algorithm yields rapid, reproducible, and clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups, from level 1 (most urgent) to level 5 (least urgent). The ESI provides a method for categorizing ED patients by both acuity and resource needs

To define the Triage Process for patients presenting at XYZ Medical Center’s

Emergency Department (ED).

For performing triage, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) The process who have completed a triage-specific educational program. Competency is an ongoing validation process that is part of safe practice in the ED.

Illness and Injury Triage A Sample Policy for the Care of Children in the Emergency Department