J Korean Soc Emerg Med.
2024 Feb;35(1):1-5.
Pre-hospital Korean Triage and Acuity Scale: the development background and core contents
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- 1National Emergency Medical Center, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
- 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- 4Department of Emergency Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
- 5Department of Emergency Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
- The Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS) Committee under the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine developed a Korean pre-hospital emergency patient classification tool (Pre-hospital Korean Triage and Acuity Scale [Pre-KTAS]) under contract from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea. The classification tool was developed separately for adults and children. The patient’ s emergency level is classified into five distinct levels and is the same as the KTAS classification system, which is a hospital-level emergency patient classification tool.
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