Emergency Nursing : 5-Tier Triage Protocols.

Emergency Nursing : 5-Tier Triage Protocols.

This quick-reference handbook presents complaint-based triage protocols for assessing patients face to face in emergency and urgent care settings and assigning acuity levels within the 5-tier triage acuity system. The 5-tier triage acuity system is endorsed by the Emergency Nurses Association and th...

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Main Author: Briggs, Julie K.
Other Authors: Grossman, Valerie G. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2011.
Subjects:
Emergency nursing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Triage (Medicine) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Emergency nursing
Triage (Medicine)
Handbooks and manuals
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Table of Contents:
  • EMERGENCY NURSING, 5-Tier Triage Protocols; Contents; Abdominal Pain, Adult; Abdominal Pain, Child; Alcohol and Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence; Allergic Reaction; Altered Mental Status; Ankle Pain and Swelling (nontraumatic; for injury, see Extremity Injury); Anxiety (if chest pain is present, see Chest Pain); Asthma; Back Pain; Bee Sting; Bites, Animal and Human; Bites, Insect and Tick; Bites, Marine Animal; Bites, Snake; Body Art Complications; Breast Problems; Breathing Problems; Burns; Chest Pain; Cold Exposure, Hypothermia/Frostbite; Cold Symptoms; Confusion; Contusion; Cough.
  • Crying BabyDepression; Diabetic Problems; Diarrhea, Adult; Diarrhea, Pediatric; Ear Problems (for foreign body, see Foreign Body, Ear); Electric Shock/Lightning Injury; Extremity Injury; Eye Injury or Problems; Feeding Tube Problems; Fever; Finger and Toe Problems; Foreign Body, Ear; Foreign Body, Ingested; Foreign Body, Inhaled; Foreign Body, Rectum or Vagina; Foreign Body, Skin; Genital Problems, Male; Headache; Head Injury; Heart Rate, Rapid; Heart Rate, Slow; Heat Exposure; Hip Pain and Swelling; Hives; Hypertension; Itching Without a Rash; Jaundice; Jaundice, Newborn.
  • Knee Pain and SwellingLaceration; Lightheadedness/Fainting; Menstrual Problems; Motor Vehicle Accident; Mouth Problems; Neck Pain; Nosebleed; Poisoning, Exposure or Ingestion; Pregnancy, Abdominal Pain; Pregnancy, Back Pain; Pregnancy, Vaginal Bleeding; Pregnancy, Vaginal Discharge; Pregnancy, Vomiting; Puncture Wound; Rash, Adult and Pediatric; Rectal Problems (see Foreign Body, Rectum or Vagina, for foreign body problem); Seizure; Seizure, Pediatric Febrile; Sexual Assault; Shoulder Pain; Sinus Pain and Congestion; Sore Throat; Suicidal Behavior; Sunburn; Toothache/Tooth Injury.
  • Urinary Catheter ProblemsUrination Problems; Vaginal Bleeding, Abnormal; Vomiting; Weakness; Wound Infection; Wrist Pain and Swelling; Bibliography; APPENDIX AThe PQRSTT Mnemonic Assessment Guide; APPENDIX BPediatric Vital Signs: Normal Ranges; APPENDIX CIbuprofen Dosage Chart*; APPENDIX DAcetaminophen Dosage Chart; APPENDIX ETemperature Conversion Chart; APPENDIX FWeight Conversion Chart; APPENDIX GDifferential Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain; APPENDIX HDifferential Diagnosis of Chest Pain; APPENDIX IHeadache: Common Characteristics; APPENDIX JMVA Triage Questions.
  • APPENDIX KMechanisms of Injury from Trauma: AdultAPPENDIX LMechanisms of Injury: School Age and Adolescent (7 to 17 Years); APPENDIX MMechanisms of Injury: Toddler and Preschooler (1 to 6 Years); APPENDIX NMechanisms of Injury: Infant (Birth to 1 Year); APPENDIX ODrugs of Abuse; APPENDIX PPoisonings; APPENDIX QBiological Agents/Chemical Agents; APPENDIX RCommunicable Diseases, Colds Versus Flu, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases; APPENDIX STriage Skills Assessment; APPENDIX TTraining Exercises; Index.

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