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How does the process for triaging ED patients, if any, differ between adults and children in the ED at Palmerston North Hospital?

Answered Question 3524 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How does the process for triaging ED patients, if any, differ between adults and children in the ED at Palmerston North Hospital?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that the triage process for adults and children in the emergency department at Palmerston North Hospital follows the same overall approach. The main difference is that paediatric clinical documentation and observation tools are used with children, reflecting age-specific physiological differences.