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Trauma Care _ Emergency Medicine
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key concepts -safety
-teamwork & collab
-communication
ED nursing role -broad knowledge
-high level assessment and prioritization skills
-proficient in multi tasking, performing a wide range of technical skills
what is triage -organized system for sorting or classifying patients into priority levels,
depending on illness or injury severity
-PTs with highest acuity needs receive the quickest evaluation and treatment
-triage nurse performs rapid assessment and determines triage priority. Initiates
protocols for lab work or diagnostic tests BEFORE the PT is evaluated by an ED
provider
-triage categories: emergent, urgent, nonurgent
what are examples of emergent triage -LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES
-chest pain
-hemorrhage
-respiratory distress
-stroke
-vital signs instability
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