Parents may know best! A pilot study suggests that children of parents who do not have contact with health care professionals before attending the emergency department are triaged as more urgent

OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of prehospital health care contact on triage acuity. METHODS: One hundred fifteen families were assigned Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale scores by a paediatric emergency department (ED) physician. Scores of children who had or had not seen a health care professional before attending the ED were compared.