Studying the effect of triage video training through START style on awareness level of emergency medical staffs and their performance

one of the main contents of management and decisions in emergency triage is triage. Considering the importance of learning triage especially among medical emergencies staff and contradictions about the amount of education method effect and that some of these methods have some merits regarding the effect of learning، easiness، speed and cost، this study had been done with the aim of “studying the effect of triage educational film through START style on awareness and performance of medical emergencies staff”. in and intervention study، 72 of medical emergencies staff of north of Khouzestan، who were selected randomly in 2013 were tested، before education، immediately after and 15 days after education (by a triage 45 minutes educational film and after 15 minutes asking and answering) by a researcher-made questionnaire، which included three parts of questions (demographic، awareness and performance)، then results were analyzed by SPSS18 software and descriptive test and paired t-test. the average of awareness and performance were respectively increased from 39% to 84f. 6% and from 29. 31 to 75. 57 and also there was significant statistical relationship (P<0. 001). Also there was significant statistical difference between the average of awareness and performance immediately after and 15 days after education (P<0. 001).