Table 2 Triage patient designations and disposition, pre-SATS and post-SATS implementation
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Triage category | Admitted n (%) | Died in A&E n (%) | Discharged n (%) | Row total | Triage category | Admitted n (%) | Died in A&E n (%) | Discharged n (%) | Row total | |||||||
Overall | Red | 211 | (55) | 22 | (57) | 151 | (39) | 384 | Emergency | 27 | (60) | 6 | (13) | 12 | (27) | 45 |
Yellow | 98 | (24) | 3 | (1) | 316 | (76) | 417 | Very urgent | 137 | (53) | 3 | (1) | 118 | (46) | 258 | |
Green | 14 | (9) | 0 | (0) | 145 | (91) | 159 | Urgent | 131 | (39) | 2 | (18) | 331 | (45) | 464 | |
Unknown | 18 | (27) | 2 | (3) | 47 | (70) | 67 | Routine | 27 | (11) | 0 | (0) | 222 | (89) | 249 | |
Total | 341 | (33) | 27 | (3) | 659 | (64) | 1027 | Unknown | 13 | (19) | 0 | (0) | 57 | (81) | 70 | |
Total | 335 | (31) | 11 | (1) | 740 | (68) | 1086 | |||||||||
Pediatric (≤ 12 years) | Red | 25 | (53) | 1 | (2) | 21 | (45) | 47 | Emergency | 8 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 8 |
Yellow | 15 | (31) | 0 | (0) | 34 | (69) | 49 | Very urgent | 16 | (55) | 0 | (0) | 13 | (45) | 29 | |
Green | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 10 | (100) | 10 | Urgent | 12 | (22) | 0 | (0) | 42 | (78) | 54 | |
Unknown | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 6 | (100) | 6 | Routine | 3 | (19) | 0 | (0) | 13 | (81) | 16 | |
Total | 40 | (36) | 1 | (1) | 71 | (63) | 112 | Unknown | 2 | (18) | 0 | (0) | 9 | (82) | 11 | |
Total | 41 | (35) | 0 | 77 | (65) | 118 | ||||||||||
Adult (> 12 years) | Red | 172 | (55) | 17 | (5) | 124 | (40) | 313 | Emergency | 16 | (47) | 6 | (18) | 12 | (35) | 34 |
Yellow | 79 | (22) | 3 | (1) | 271 | (77) | 353 | Very urgent | 113 | (52) | 3 | (1) | 101 | (47) | 217 | |
Green | 13 | (9) | 0 | (0) | 131 | (91) | 144 | Urgent | 118 | (30) | 2 | (1) | 278 | (70) | 398 | |
Unknown | 18 | (30) | 2 | (3) | 40 | (67) | 60 | Routine | 24 | (11) | 0 | (0) | 202 | (89) | 226 | |
Total | 282 | (32) | 22 | (3) | 566 | (65) | 870 | Unknown | 11 | (19) | 0 | (0) | 47 | (81) | 58 | |
Total | 282 | (30) | 11 | (1) | 640 | (69) | 933 | |||||||||