Waffle House is more than just a breakfast hotspot during hurricane season; this iconic diner chain has become an unconventional yet effective measure for evaluating storm severity, creating the ...

UMass Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room in Worcester last year quietly became the first level-one trauma center in the United States to implement KATE AI.

Patients are prioritized by a five-level Emergency Severity Index (ESI). A trained “triage nurse” estimates the resources necessary to treat patients based on their vital signs, symptoms, and personal ...

On Tuesday, the Emergency Nurses Association advanced its commitment to ensuring timely and precise patient assessments with the release of the Emergency Severity Index Handbook, 5 th Edition, and ...

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) this week boosted the value of its Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage training courses by offering seven contact hours to nurses who enhance their triage ...

Under the traditional Emergency Severity Index (ESI), most patients are graded at a three, the exact middle of the scale, by triage nurses, said Scott Levin, Ph.D., associate professor of ...

Emergency department personnel underestimated the severity of the conditions in 22% of elderly patients in a new study.

The Emergency Severity Index is a five-level emergency department triage algorithm that helps stratify patients into five groups from 1 (most urgent) to 5 (least urgent) on the basis of acuity and ...