References - Emergency Department Waiting Times

References are listed alphabetically.

Australasian Triage Scale

Australasian College of Emergency Medicine ' Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale. Refer also to the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine ' Guidelines on the Implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale in Emergency Departments. According to these guidelines, where a patient in the ED has contact exclusively with nursing staff acting under clinical supervision of a doctor, it is the time of first nursing contact.

 

"other Australian hospitals"

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Clinical Indicator Program. Emergency Medicine Clinical Indicators 1.1 to 1.6. Australian Hospital rate taken from the most recent 6-month measurement period.