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Bridging language barriers by implementing a translated-based triage scale manual into the mother tongue language: a tool for strengthening emergency care

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Sofia-Chrysovalantou Zagalioti
sofia_zag@yahoo.com
Department of Emergency Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece.
Aristomenis Exadaktylos
Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Konstantinos Fortounis
Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sofia Gkarmiri
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7070-4975
Department of Emergency Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece.
Aikaterini Apostolopoulou
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-3478
Department of Emergency Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital., Greece.
Barbara Fyntanidou
Department of Emergency Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece.

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Emergency Medicine (EM) is a promising novel specialization in Greece. EM is a young but fast-developing field that should benefit by adopting and incorporating elements from countries where the specialization is already well-established. The first and most crucial stage in every overcrowded Emergency Department (ED) is triage, namely the process by which patients are categorized according to their clinical severity.  In a recent study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of triage training of Emergency Nurses (ENs) in the use of the Swiss Triage System (STS) manual translated into Greek, after an intervention of one week. [...]

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Zagalioti SC, Fyntanidou B, Exadaktylos A, et al. The first positive evidence that training improves triage decisions in Greece: evidence from emergency nurses at an Academic Tertiary Care Emergency Department. BMC Emerg Med 2023;23:60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00827-5
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Zagalioti, S.-C., Exadaktylos, A., Fortounis, K., Gkarmiri, S., Apostolopoulou, A., & Fyntanidou, B. (2024). Bridging language barriers by implementing a translated-based triage scale manual into the mother tongue language: a tool for strengthening emergency care. Emergency Care Journal, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2024.12920
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