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Revisions to the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale Paediatric Guidelines (PaedCTAS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

David W. Warren ,
Anna Jarvis ,
Louise LeBlanc ,
Jocelyn Gravel  and
the CTAS National Working Group (NWG)
David W. Warren*
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, London Health Science Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
Anna Jarvis
Affiliation:
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Louise LeBlanc
Affiliation:
Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Jocelyn Gravel
Affiliation:
CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
the CTAS National Working Group (NWG)
Affiliation:
includes Representatives of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), 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)
*
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Rm. E1–108, London Health Science Center, 800 Commissioners Rd. E., London ON N6A 5W9; David.Warren@lhsc.on.ca

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Keywords

triageemergency departmentCTASadministrationpediatric
Type
CAEP Update • Mise à jour de L'ACMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , May 2008 , pp. 224 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

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