ReviewArchives of academic emergency medicine2022
Accuracy of Triage Systems in Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents; a Systematic Review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Performance of Sieve versus SwissPre Prehospital Triage Algorithms in a Simulated Mass-Casualty Incident: A Randomized Open-Label Study.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2025Trial
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- Developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based electronic triage model for predicting clinical outcomes among cardiac-suspected patients in the emergency department.European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Article
- School nurse preparedness for critical events - a multi-modal simulation training pilot.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2026Article
- Improving preparedness for mass casualty incidents in hospitals: insights from a large-scale simulation exercise with geotracking and validated questionnaires.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Observational
- Dispatcher Performance and Prehospital Outcomes in Telephone-Assisted Airway Management following Foreign Body Obstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Green Triage: A Curtain in Front of Possible Serious Injuries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Integrating GPT-Based AI into Virtual Patients to Facilitate Communication Training Among Medical First Responders: Usability Study of Mixed Reality Simulation.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Factors affecting the accuracy of prehospital triage application and prehospital scene time in simulated mass casualty incidents.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Optimizing Medical Care during a Nerve Agent Mass Casualty Incident Using Computer Simulation.Journal of medical systems · 2024Article
- Hospital preparedness assessment for road traffic accidents with mass casualties: a cross-sectional study in Kurdistan Province, Iran.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The implication of a translational triage tool in mass casualty incidents: part three: a multinational study, using validated patient cards.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Article
- The Field's mass shooting: emergency medical services response.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Article
- A review of mass casualty incident triage tools for hospital-based triage.Turkish journal of emergency medicineReview
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Introduction: To prioritize patients to provide them with proper services and also manage the scarce resources in emergencies, the use of triage systems seems to be essential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the existing triage systems in disasters and mass casualty incidents. Methods: The present study is a systematic review of the accuracy of all triage systems worldwide. The results of this study were based on the articles published in English language journals. In this research, all papers published from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2021 were sought through different databases. Finally, a total of 13 articles was ultimately selected from 89 articles. Results: 13 studies on the accuracy of triage systems were reviewed. The START, mSTART, SALT, Smart, Care Flight, ASAV, MPTT, Sieve and ESI triage systems, had an accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of less than 90%. Only the Smart triage system had an overall accuracy of more than 90%. Conclusion: According to the findings of the current systematic review, the performance of the existing triage systems in terms of accuracy of prioritizing the injured people and other performance indexes is not desirable. Therefore, to improve the performance and increase the precision of triage systems, the world nations are recommended to change or revise the indexes used in triage models and also identify other influential factors affecting the accuracy of triage systems.
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