There are many triage systems that are available, which all have different pros and cons.
The South African Triage Scale (SATS) was published in 2012.
It is a triage scale that uses the Early Warning Score principle of combining several items to produce a composite score.
Used mainly in the USA, the Emergency Severity Index is a five point system to allocate Triage Category.
The Australian triage system has been operating since 199XXX
The system is a Triage Category only system, allocating a number of 1-5, 1 being the most ill.
Developed in Manchester (surprise), this system is now on its third iteration, and is a combined Triage Category and Triage Presentation system.
The Canadian Triage system has been
The CTS is in use in Canada, the Carribean, South America, Europe and South East Asia.
There are many triage systems out there, and it is confusing trying to work out the differences.
What we wanted was a triage system