E eclampsia, 53 ectopic pregnancy, 52 – 3 education for Triage Nurses, 3, 8 elderly patients, 19, 24 emergency departments activity in, 14 rural and remote, 36 triage in, 4 emergency nurses, see Triage Nurses Emergency Severity Index, 7 Emergency treatment criteria mental health assessment, 32 paediatric triage, 48 – 9 emergency triage scales, 5 – 6 emotions, 16 environmental criteria, 24 environmental hazards, 21 equipment, 21 ESI, 7 expectations, 16 expected triage decision, 7 eye injuries, 23
F financial issues, rural and remote nursing, 38 foetal wellbeing, 54‘ footprints’, 11 forensic evidence, preservation of, 59 function of triage, 5
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GCS, see disability rating general appearance criteria, 21, 28, 45 gestational age, 52 – 4
H haemodynamic compromise, 22 high-risk conditions, 24 history of triage, 4 history-taking in paediatric triage, 44, 47 homicide risk, 29 human needs, 17 hypertension in pregnant patients, 53 hyperthermia, 24 hypotension, 22 paediatric triage, 46 pregnant patients, 51, 54 hypothermia, 24 hypoxaemia, 22
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Immediate treatment criteria mental health assessment, 32 paediatric triage, 48 – 9 implied consent, 57 importance, need to feel, 17 infectious diseases, 47 injury patterns, 47 Ispwich Triage Scale( ITS), 10
L language use, 16 left lateral tilt, 52 lesson plans, 3 life support equipment, 21 life-threatening conditions, 19
M management of pain, 42 Manchester Triage Scale, 6 mandatory reporting responsibilities, 59 mass casualty incident triage, 4 mastitis, 53 maternal oxygenation, 54 MCI triage, 4 medico-legal issues, 55 – 9 Mental Health Act, 30 mental health triage, 26 – 34, 58 mood factors, in mental health assessment, 29 MTS, 6 multiple jobs, 37 musculoskeletal pain, 42
N nasal congestion, 51 National Health Workforce Strategic Framework, vii National Specialisation Framework for Nursing and Midwifery, vii National Triage Scale, 5 – 6, 10, see also Australasian Triage Scale needs, human, 17 negligence laws, 58‘ noise’, 16 Non-urgent treatment criteria mental health assessment, 34 paediatric triage, 48 – 9 non-verbal behaviours, 16 NTS, 5 – 6, 10, see also Australasian Triage Scale numerical pain rating scales, 42 nurses, see Triage Nurses
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