All the criteria below need to be fulfilled before a patient can be referred to primary triage |
Age >1 and < 70 |
Fully awake, without dyspnoea, pallor or sweatiness |
Self-ambulating without problems |
5 or fewer patients waiting for primary triage |
Each of the following groups of patients is directly admitted to the ED after registration |
Dyspnoea |
Chest pain |
Abdominal pain |
Patients with known cancer |
Foreign body |
Known atrial fibrillation (where the patient suspects relapse) |
Chronic bowel disease |
Problems related to nasogastric tubes, catheters and plasters |
Scrotal pain |
Urinary obstruction or haematuria |
Revisits (planned and unplanned) |