Emergency Department Triage
Emergency Departments sort (triage) patients based on need for care.
- All patients are important and will be seen, some require care more urgently than others.
- People having a mental health crisis are triaged differently than examples above.
- Scheduled patients may be delayed by emergencies.
- Please let us know if your symptoms change while waiting in our ED waiting room.
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![](https://prairiemountainhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/ED_Triage_Emergent.png)
![](https://prairiemountainhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/ED_Triage_Urgent.png)
![](https://prairiemountainhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/ED_Triage_LessUrgent.png)