Table 2

ATS categories of ED fast track patients by treating clinician

Clinician groupATS 2ATS 3ATS 4ATS 5
n%n%n%n%
Registrar140.91247.8125879.319012.0
Nurse practitioner/nurse practitioner candidate70.6625.294979.717214.5
Junior medical officer90.51558.7145281.51659.3
Senior medical officer110.51888.6170077.928212.9
Emergency physician30.4699.355474.911415.4
Intern10.2428.537676.47314.8
Locum medical officer00.024.24593.812.2
N/A*00.0131.948569.719828.4
  • * Left before treatment (n=482); left after advice (n=191); clinician not recorded (n=14); seen by medical staff from outside emergency department (ED) (n=9).

  • ATS, Australasian triage scale.