Triagem de Manchester
Published 8 November 2026, 22:47
Triagem de Manchester
The system for sorting patients in A&E by the colour of a wristband: red, orange, yellow, green, blue. The colour, not the time you arrived, decides your place in the queue. With a green wristband you can wait for many hours while others are seen before you.
Where you come across it. Urgência at a hospital.
The colour is assigned by a nurse based on your symptoms; if you get worse, tell the nurse straight away, as the triage can be reviewed.