Triage

they are to be transferred to a safe area by staff. Once patients are evacuated they will be triage by designated triage team made up of physicians and nurses who are responsible for the care of the patients”(University Medical Center of New Orleans 2015). In a hospital the size of UMCNO its staff well be outweighed by the number of patients creating is a recipe for pandemonium. In a perfect world a triage team will only be comprised of trained medical personnel, however, they may need…

Informatics was an important section of my clinical experience. In the emergency department, documentation creates an important baseline during the course of the patient’s treatment. Every patient required a triage assessment followed by an assessment after entering into the emergency room. From there, focused assessments were recorded based upon the presented problems. For example, one of my patients arrived with a chief complaint of shortness of breath; following…

with 20 supported rehabilitation housing units as well as outpatient services available. Accessibility to Glenside mental health campus (as a part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital) comes from a referral from a psychologist/psychiatrist, mental health triage or an Emergency Department psychologist assessment with the individual having previously been diagnosed with mental illness or who has a suspected mental illness and presents with a reduced functioning capacity or because of their mental…

groundwork for the medical field to advance into what it is today. World War One medical care was based off the French and the British, doctors grew smarter as the war went on, injured soldiers went threw a 24 hour process one injured, and the usage of triage helped further develop medical techniques and medicines during this First World War. When the United States entered World War…

At International Community Health Services: Holly Park Clinic, I primarily serve Asian-Pacific Islanders and encounter up to 57 different languages in a year. I frequently triage patients with acute concerns who are unable to be scheduled within 3 days. During and after each triage, I find myself asking an increasing number of questions, such as – "Have I integrated my objective data and my patient’s subjective information effectively? What interventions are culturally appropriate for this…

substance abuse, purposelessness, anxiety or agitation, trapped feelings, hopelessness, withdrawl, anger, recklessness, and mood fluctuations. Using professionals such as “doctors, lawyers and clergy in the community” (Greenstone et al.) to assist in the triage process, psychological…

Candance Starstrom, the quick nurse who determines the route of the patients, Mr. Barnes was routed to the triage nurse. The triage nurse completed a though assessment on Mr. Barnes, at that time the Barneses made Nurse Starstrom aware of that Dr. Halle’s had sent him to the emergency room. Nurse Starstrom also read the note from Dr. Halle’s. After doing Mr. Barnes assessment…

resolution. It logs 100% of actions taken by every endpoint, automates the collection of alerts and contextual data from multiple sources, then uses its two-stage correlation engine, to enhance the fidelity of alerts and increase the accuracy of event triage. It: • Works seamlessly with any other security technology, to separate real security events from the “noise” and deliver alerts, with context, in order of event priority • Delivers alerts and the contextual information on all actions taken…

2006). However, because the EMS system was developed on a worst-case scenario, policymakers have to demonstrate this response time does not apply to all patients and needlessly endangers the community. This risk could be reduced through more stringent triage similar to the…

Care Delivery Model I am currently employed at a local Healthcare-Center that is certified as a level 3 Trauma Center with twenty-five-beds in the emergency room (ER). The staff in the ER consists of physicians, physician’s assistants, staff nurses, triage nurse, clinical manager (CM), assistant clinical manager (ACM), charge nurse, patient care assistants (PCA), unit secretary and a social worker. Other auxiliary staff from other departments such as laboratory, radiology, ultra sound and…