Pre-hospital Korean Triage and Acuity Scale: the development background and core contents
- Author:
Minhee LEE
1
;
Eunsil KO
;
Changshin KANG
;
Joon Bum PARK
;
Yong Oh KIM
;
Jung Hee WEE
;
Han Joo CHOI
Author Information
1. National Emergency Medical Center, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- Publication Type:Editorial
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2024;35(1):1-5
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:KO
-
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.
