|
System
|
Countries
|
Levels
|
Patient should be seen by provider within
|
|---|
|
Australasian Triage Scale (ATS)
|
Australia
|
1 - Resuscitation
|
Level 1 - 0 minutes
|
| |
New Zealand
|
2 - Emergency
|
Level 2 - 10 minutes
|
| | |
3 - Urgent
|
Level 3 - 30 minutes
|
| | |
4 - Semi-urgent
|
Level 4 - 60 minutes
|
| | |
5 - Nonurgent
|
Level 5 - 120 minutes
|
|
Manchester
|
England
|
1 - Immediate (red)
|
Level 1 - 0 minutes
|
| |
Scotland
|
2 - Very urgent (orange)
|
Level 2 - 10 minutes
|
| | |
3 - Urgent (yellow)
|
Level 3 - 60 minutes
|
| | |
4 - Standard (green)
|
Level 4 - 120 minutes
|
| | |
5 - Nonurgent (blue)
|
Level 5 - 240 minutes
|
|
Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale(CTAS)
|
Canada
|
1 - Resuscitation
|
Level 1 - 0 minutes
|
| | |
2 - Emergent
|
Level 2 - 15 minutes
|
| | |
3 - Urgent
|
Level 3 - 30 minutes
|
| | |
4 - Less urgent
|
Level 4 - 60 minutes
|
| | |
5 - Nonurgent
|
Level 5 - 120 minutes
|
- Table 2-2 Five-level Triage Systems
