EFICACIA DE LA REALIZACIÓN DEL TRIAGE EN EL HOSPITAL GENERAL REGIONAL NO 25

Introduction: Population growth has resulted in an increase in demand for care of the emergency rooms, leading to increased waiting times for care causing this impact on morbidity and mortality of patients that requiring medical attention urgent, which is using the triage system in emergency services to prevent these complications. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the implementation of triage by doctors to patients attending the emergency department of Hospital General Regional 25. Materials and methods: a database in which information is collected from patients who were treated at the triage area and medical consultation and their destination after these assessments to determine whether the allocation of priorities taking place in the Triage area corresponds to the destination of the patient and determine the effectiveness of conducting this assessment. Inclusion criteria: Patients older than 16 years who were seen as the first option in the triage area. Exclusion criteria: Patients who left the unit before completing his medical care. Variables: age, gender, color code, original purpose, subsequent fate and effectiveness. Sample size: All patients seen during the first fortnight of January 2011. Statistical analysis: We will make a final report of the results by analyzing data in SPSS using Spearman correlation. Keywords: Triage, efficiency, correlation