Emergency Nursing (Exam 2) with all Correct & 100% Verified
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1. Scope and System Three Catagories
Prac-tice of
Emer-gency
Nursing
2. Issues in
Emer-gency
Nursing
3. Principles of
Emergency
Care: TRIAGE
4. Triage
Systems: Basic
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-Emergency management -Treat patients exposed to biologic and other weapons
traditionally refers to -Mass casualty incident due to natural causes or terrorist event
urgent and critical care
needs. However, the ED -Triage sorts patients by hierarchy based on the severity of health
has increasingly been problems and the immediacy with which these problems must be
used for nonurgent treated
problems, and emer-
-The triage nurse collects data and classifies the illnesses and injuries to
gency management has
ensure that the patients most in need of care do not needlessly wait
broadened to include the
concept that an
-Protocols may be initiated in the triage area
emergency is whatever
the patient or family -ED triages ditters from disaster triage in that patients who are the most
considers it to be critically ill receive the most resources, regardless of potential
outcome
-The emergency nurse has
special training, education,
experience, and expertise
in assessing and
-Emergent: highest priority (1)
identifying health care
-Urgent: serious health problems but not life threatening (2-3)
problems in crisis
-Nonurgent: episodic illness (4-5)
situations
-The emergency department
(ED) statt works as a team
-Legal issues
-Occupational health and
safety risks for ED statt -
violence in the ED
-Challenge of providing
holistic care in context of
fast-paced, technology
driven environment
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5. (Triage) Emer- Level 1 (most urgent) to Level 5 (least urgent)
gency severity
in-dex (ESI)
assigns
patients to five
levels
6. Goal of Triage -To get the right patient, to the right place with the right provider
within the right timeframe.
-Allow for quick sorting and early identification of patients in need to
immediate care.
7. What is ESI? -The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a simple to use, five-level triage
instrument that categorizes emergency department patients by
evaluating both patient acuity and resources. Initially the triage nurse
assesses only acuity level.
-If a patient does not meet high acuity level criteria (ESI level 1 or 2),
the triage nurse then evaluates expected resource needs to help determine
a triage level (ESI level 3, 4, or 5).
8. Airway/ -BVM ventilation.
breath-ing -Intubation.
interventions -Surgical airway.
for life saving -Emergent CPAP.
events -Emergent BiPAP.
-Oxygen Administration:
9. Airway/ -Nasal cannula.
breath-ing -Non-rebreather.
interventions
for non-life
saving events
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1. Scope and System Three Catagories
Prac-tice of
Emer-gency
Nursing
2. Issues in
Emer-gency
Nursing
3. Principles of
Emergency
Care: TRIAGE
4. Triage
Systems: Basic
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Answers |Actual Complete Update |Already Graded A+
-Emergency management -Treat patients exposed to biologic and other weapons
traditionally refers to -Mass casualty incident due to natural causes or terrorist event
urgent and critical care
needs. However, the ED -Triage sorts patients by hierarchy based on the severity of health
has increasingly been problems and the immediacy with which these problems must be
used for nonurgent treated
problems, and emer-
-The triage nurse collects data and classifies the illnesses and injuries to
gency management has
ensure that the patients most in need of care do not needlessly wait
broadened to include the
concept that an
-Protocols may be initiated in the triage area
emergency is whatever
the patient or family -ED triages ditters from disaster triage in that patients who are the most
considers it to be critically ill receive the most resources, regardless of potential
outcome
-The emergency nurse has
special training, education,
experience, and expertise
in assessing and
-Emergent: highest priority (1)
identifying health care
-Urgent: serious health problems but not life threatening (2-3)
problems in crisis
-Nonurgent: episodic illness (4-5)
situations
-The emergency department
(ED) statt works as a team
-Legal issues
-Occupational health and
safety risks for ED statt -
violence in the ED
-Challenge of providing
holistic care in context of
fast-paced, technology
driven environment
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5. (Triage) Emer- Level 1 (most urgent) to Level 5 (least urgent)
gency severity
in-dex (ESI)
assigns
patients to five
levels
6. Goal of Triage -To get the right patient, to the right place with the right provider
within the right timeframe.
-Allow for quick sorting and early identification of patients in need to
immediate care.
7. What is ESI? -The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a simple to use, five-level triage
instrument that categorizes emergency department patients by
evaluating both patient acuity and resources. Initially the triage nurse
assesses only acuity level.
-If a patient does not meet high acuity level criteria (ESI level 1 or 2),
the triage nurse then evaluates expected resource needs to help determine
a triage level (ESI level 3, 4, or 5).
8. Airway/ -BVM ventilation.
breath-ing -Intubation.
interventions -Surgical airway.
for life saving -Emergent CPAP.
events -Emergent BiPAP.
-Oxygen Administration:
9. Airway/ -Nasal cannula.
breath-ing -Non-rebreather.
interventions
for non-life
saving events
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