Table 2.
Triage color of patients admitted to the emergency department by time of admission
| Weekday (From 7.00 am on Monday to 2.59 p.m. on Friday) |
Weekend (From 3.00 p.m. on Friday to 6.59 a.m. on Monday) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | |
| n (% of group) | ||||||
| Overall | 15,120 (42,6) | 7185 (20,3) | 1670 (4,7) | 3566 (10,1) | 5766 (16,3) | 2152 (6,1) |
| Triage 5 (blue, minor injury) | 3588 (23,7) | 2011 (28,0) | 296 (17,7) | 949 (26,6) | 1646 (28,5) | 468 (21,7) |
| Triage 4 (green, not urgent) | 4756 (31,5) | 2025 (28,2) | 608 (36,4) | 1034 (29,0) | 1612 (28,0) | 791 (36,8) |
| Triage 3 (yellow, less urgent) | 1672 (11,1) | 874 (12,2) | 269 (16,1) | 430 (12,1) | 765 (13,3) | 309 (14,4) |
| Triage 2 (orange, urgent) | 486 (3,2) | 271 (3,8) | 103 (6,2) | 129 (3,6) | 254 (4,4) | 108 (5,0) |
| Triage 1 (red, life threatening) | 238 (1,6) | 104 (1,4) | 49 (2,9) | 57 (1,6) | 94 (1,6) | 54 (2,5) |
| Triage missing | 4380 (29,0) | 1900 (26,4) | 345 (20,7) | 967 (27,1) | 1395 (24,2) | 422 (19,6) |