8. Triage Orientation Schedule

Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale Implementation Guidelines

  • Review roles/responsibility
  • Documentation
  • Stocking room

Step 1

  • Cover triage for breaks.
  • Identify 5 cases where you are unsure of your categorization and 5 cases you feel confident with your categorization — follow them up and submit in writing to the nurse clinician (with a copy of the patient’s chart).
  • When quiet in the department, inform the desk nurse and spend some buddy time in triage.
  • Review the triage guidelines/article.
    Golden rules for accurate triage.

Step 2

  • 4 hours of buddy time

Step 3

  • Review cases given
  • 1–2 hours case review
  • 2 hours buddy time per day*

Step 4

  • Triage on own

* Buddy times may be adjusted. In some instances one hour per day may be all that is required.

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