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Revisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) adult guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Michael J. Bullard ,
Bernard Unger ,
Julie Spence ,
Eric Grafstein  and
the CTAS National Working Group
Michael J. Bullard*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Bernard Unger
Affiliation:
SMBD–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
Julie Spence
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Eric Grafstein
Affiliation:
St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
the CTAS National Working Group
Affiliation:
includes representatives from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), the National Emergency Nurses Affiliation (NENA), l'Association des médecins d'urgence du Québec (AMUQ), the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC)
*
Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Rm. 1G1.58, W.C. Mackenzie Centre, 8440–112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7; michael.bullard@ualberta.ca

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Keywords

triageemergency departmentCTASadministration
Type
CAEP Update • Mise à jour de l’ACMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 136 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

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