[Triage evaluation making in a pediatric emergency department of a tertiary hospital]

Evaluation triage level assignments depending level of the professionals' education and experience in the unit.

This was a retrospective and observational study to triages making from January to March 2012 in Pediatric Emergency Department of tertiary hospital in Madrid. The collection data included variables from Pediatric Canadian Triage with five levels, triage tool using in the unit.

6443 triages were evaluated. The most common mistakes was: not to register pain level, 1445 (22.4%); not to register hydration level, 377 (5.9%); principal symptoms inappropriate, 232 (3.6%). Didn't indicate pain level 140 (5.6%) nurses with 12 hour formal training on triage; 492 (14.5%) with training in the unit, and 92 (16.3%) without training in the last year (p < 0.001). Among the nurses working in the unit more than 7 years did not register pain level 472 (12.3%), identified inappropriate principal symptoms 197 (5%) and did not register hydration level 296 (7.7%).

The triage education favors better adaptation in the triage assignment. The most common errors are: not to register level pain and hydration when it's needed for the principal symptoms.