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acts as gatekeeper
What does triaging do? helps prioritize patient care based on illness and
severity level
highest acuity patients will receive quickest
According to triage, what
intervention
patients would be seen
firtst
(Most ill/severe will get seen first)
What is a good model for ABCs
triaging patients?
Is hospital triaging the NO
same as mass casualty
triaging?
Which triage situation uses mass casualties
tags?
- emergent
what are the categories of - urgent
triage? - nonurgent
- primary survey
, what classifies a patient as - life threatening injuries
emergent according to - needs immediate treatment
triage
- respiratory distress
what patient conditions - chest pain with diaphoresis
warrant an emergent - stroke
status of triage - active hemorrhage
- unstable vitals
what classifies a patient as patient should be treated quickly but there is not and
urgent according to triage immediate threat to life
- severe abdominal pain
what patient conditions
- renal colic
warrant an urgent status
- displaced multiple fractures
for triage
- new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia)
what classifies a patient as patient can wait several hours without a risk to life
nonurgent according to
triage
- skin rash
what patient conditions
- strains/sprains
warrant a nonurgent status
- colds
for triage
- simple fracture
what is a primary survey ABCDE
that should be performed
while triaging?
A: Airway/cervical spine
B: Breathing
what does ABCDE stand
C: Circulation
for in triaging patients
D: Disability
E: Exposure