Emergency Triage

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780727915429
• ISBN10: 0727915428
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-02
• Publisher: B M J Books

Summary

The Manchester Triage System (MTS) is the most widely used triage system in the UK, Europe and Australia, with tens of millions of patients being processed through hospital emergency departments. Emergency Triage is the core text for the MTS which utilises a risk averse system of prioritisation for patients in all unscheduled care settings, and as such it is an essential text for all emergency department staff using the MTS, in particular triage nurses themselves. The second edition has been revised throughout and takes in the changes in practice introduced into MTS since the book was first published. These include: Redesigned and expanded flow charts Additional charts for allergy and palpitations New practices - such as the possibility of revascularisation for patients with stroke New discriminators, for example acute neurological deficit and significant respiratory history Redefinition of existing discriminators Also new to this edition is the incorporation of sections on the use of the risk averse system in telephone triage, in settings where 'streaming' takes place and as an early warning score for patients in all unscheduled care settings. The tone of this edition reflects the more up to date, modified approach to triage while retaining the principles of clinical prioritisation, which in the authors' words "remains a central plank of clinical risk management in emergency care". Emergency Triage is an essential handbook for all clinicians involved in unscheduled care settings such as emergency care, walk in centres, minor injury units, primary care out of hours services. This title is now available in a format suitable for PDA's - to buy your copy click here

Author Biography

Manchester Triage Group

Table of Contents

Editors	vii
Members of the original Manchester Triage Group	viii
International Reference Group	ix
Preface to the second edition	xi
Preface to the first edition	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
The decision-making process and triage	5	(5)
The triage method	10	(11)
Pain assessment as part of the triage process	21	(8)
Patient management, triage and the triage nurse	29	(6)
Auditing the triage process	35	(5)
Telephone triage	40	(5)
Beyond prioritisation	45	(5)
Presentational flow chart index	50	(2)
Presentational flow charts	52	(104)
Discriminator dictionary	156	(15)
Index	171