Emergency Severity Index TRIAGE V4 TRAINING紧.PPTVIP

These patients have to be a reasonably healthy individual. Best suited to a Fast Track area. * Once again need to be reasonably healthy * Before assigning a level three the nurse must evaluate VS. Are the VS appropriate for the age and are they meaningful? Consideration is then made to consider uptriaging the patient. * Temperature consideration for triage is only included with child under three. This will help identify a potentially bacteremic child and avoid them waiting a prolonged time. * Examples of level 3-5 patients. * * * * * * * * Frequently Asked Questions Why isn’t a splint a resource? The application of a simple, pre-formed splint is not considered a resource. This is not being used to make the disposition decision. The Xray showing the injury makes the dispo decision. Why are the following considered resources? Eye irrigation, nebulized meds, and blood transfusion. All three are considered resources for the purposes of ESI. They tend to be used on patients that are more acute, require significant ED time, and are likely to have longer LOS. * Rapid, accurate triage is key to successful emergency department operations. Undertriage leaves a patient at risk for deteriorating while waiting. Overtriage uses scarce resources limiting availability of an open ED bed for another more critical patient. Initial triage must be accurate. ESI is a tool for Emergency Department Triage. The Algorithm yields rapid, reproducible, and clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups-from Level 1 (Most urgent) to Level 5 (least urgent). * ESI levels can be used to describe acuity of patients. They are not dependent on changes in physicians, nurses, or protocols. * Patients are categorized by evaluating both patient acuity and resources. * Initially the nurses assess the acuity of the patient, if the patient does not meet high acuity criteria, then the nurse evaluates expected resource needs. Acuity is determined by the stability of vital fu