About the Course

WARNING: Before practicing triage with IITT (Interagency Integrated Triage Tool) in your project make sure IITT is the triage tool used in your project!

In this course, you will learn to prioritize patients according to the criteria proposed by the (IITT) Interagency Integrated Triage Tool within the frame of Routine Triage.

There are many different triage tools in use that are very effective if used correctly.  The choice of the triage tool that is used in any given project is a decision made through the medical hierarchy.

The  IITT was developed by consensus amongst experts from both low- and high-resource settings by the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.

The IITT has been designed to create a common language to save a maximum number of lives by sorting patients. Rapidly identifying which patients need urgent care is a crucial step to an efficient patient flow that optimizes outcomes.

You will receive a certificate of completion if your score is  ≥80% in the post test.

Learning Objectives

-Understand the importance of acuity-based triage.

-Explain the IITT structure and procedure.

-Decide where to take each patient according to his or her triage colour.

-Identify the red, yellow and green criteria for patients of all age groups.

-Identify high-risk vital signs for adults and children in different age groups.

-Decide if a patient should be red, yellow, up-triaged or green according to his/her presenting signs.

Target audience

Medical doctors, nurses, nurse assistants.

List of Contents

IITT Structure

1. Welcome

2. Why Triage

3 Acuity Based Triage

4. IITT Structure

IITT ≥ 12

1. IITT ≥ 12 RED

2. The Reference Card

3. IITT ≥ 12 YELLOW

4. Test your adult triaging knowledge

IITT < 12

1. IITT < 12 RED

2. IITT < 12 YELLOW

3. Test your knowledge in triaging children

4. IITT < 12 VITAL SIGNS

5. Test your knowledge on vital signs in children

Certification

Badge and certificate