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. 2017 Jan 25;10:2. doi: 10.1186/s12245-017-0128-9

Table 3.

Confirmed burn transport decisions by location, stratified by urgency and criteria for burn centre referral (Western Cape Province, 2011) [19]

Urgency/referral Total Transported Remained on scene
Category 1198 Rural
572
Urban
486
Rural
53
Urban
87
n % % % %
Triage Green 386 35.5 29.2 37.7 24.1
Yellow 432 41.6 37.4 7.5 9.2
Orange 126 8.6 15.8 0 0
Red 51 4.7 4.9 0 0
Unspecified 203 9.6 12.6 54.7 66.7
Triage Early Warning Score 0 63 6.1 4.5 7.5 2.3
1 187 15.9 16.7 11.3 10.3
2 285 25.5 23.0 24.5 16.1
3 217 21.5 18.5 0 4.6
4+ 254 22.7 25.5 0 0
Unspecified 192 8.2 11.7 56.6 66.7
Burn centre referral criteria met Yes, by body part 379 31.3 34.4 22.6 24.1
Yes, by other criteria 273 19.8 25.9 17.0 28.7
No 490 45.3 34.8 52.8 39.1
Undetermined 56 3.7 4.9 7.5 8.0
100 100 100 100