Educational intervention in triage with the Swedish triage scale RETTS©, with focus on specialist nurse students in ambulance and emergency care - A cross-sectional study.
International Emergency Nursing · 2022-07-01 · Observational study
Abstract
AIM: To determine the reliability of application of the RETTS© triage scale after an educational intervention using paper-based scenarios in emergency care education. BACKGROUND: Knowledge about and education in triage are important factors in triagescale implementation. Presenting students with a large number of triage scenarios is a common part of triage education. METHODS: In this prospective cross-sectional study at two universities students undergoing education in emergency care used RETTS© to assess triage level in 46 paper-based scenarios. RESULTS: 57 students in the study made 2590 final triage decisions. Fleiss Kappa for final triage was 0.411 which is in the lower range of moderate agreement. In 25 of 46 (53.4%) scenarios, final triage levels did not agree about whether the case was stable or unstable. CONCLUSION/IMPLICATIONS: Application of the RETTS© triage scale after an educational intervention with paper-based simulation in emergency care education resulted in moderate agreement about the final levels of triage.