Early Assessment of Patient's Medical Condition in Ambulance Care Affects the Level of Care of Non Urgent Patients

摘要

The Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System (RETTS) is used by the Swedish ambulance care organization for assessment of patients medical condition. The aim of the present study was to evaluate prehospital assessment in collaboration with the ambulance nurse and primary health care physicians. If the patient's condition was priority GREEN by RETTS then the ambulance nurse decided to contact the primary care physicians for a dialogue and together they decided which level of care was the most appropriate for the patient's condition.