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Table 1 Triage colour code, as used in the University Medical Center Groningen

From: Pain score, desire for pain treatment and effect on pain satisfaction in the emergency department: a prospective, observational study

Urgency

Name

Colour

Maximum waiting time

1

Immediately

Red

0 min

2

Highly urgent

Orange

10 min

3

Urgent

Yellow

60 min

4

Standard

Green

120 min

5

Not urgent

Blue

240 min