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O obstetrics, 50 – 4 occluded airways, see airway obstruction on-site medical staff, 36 ophthalmologic injuries, 23 organic illnesses, mental conditions caused by, 28 outcomes, Australasian Triage Scale, 11 over-triage, 7 oxygenation and foetal wellbeing, 54
P paediatric triage, 43 – 7 children at risk, 59 pain assessment, 39 – 42 pallor, paediatric triage, 46 palpitations, 52 parents of patients, 44, 46 participants in program, 3 past history, paediatric triage, 47 patients, prioritising, 25 per vagina loss, 52, 54 performance indicators, time-to-treatment, 11 philosophy of ATS, 10 physical environment, 16 physiological abnormalities, 19, 28, 46 placental conditions, 53 position statements, 56 postnatal patients, 53 postpartum cardiomyopathy, 53 predictors of outcome, 19 preeclampsia, 53 pregnancy and triage, 50 – 4 premature labour, 53 primary-survey approach, 27, 51 – 2 primary triage decisions, 7 prioritisation of patients, 25 privacy issues, 44, 59 progesterone, respiratory effects, 51 program structure, 2 protocols, 56 psychostimulant drugs, 31 pulmonary embolus, 52 PV loss, 52
R
rashes, 24 re-triage, 3, 24, 58 reactions of patient, 28 reasonable standard of care, 57 – 8 recommended triage method, 19 reliability of scale, 5
remote location triaging, 35 – 8 reporting, 59 respiration, see breathing rest, ice, compression and elevation( RICE) treatment, 42 risk assessments, 30, 49 rural and remote triaging, 35 – 8
S safety issues, 5, 21, 37 SAVE A CHILD assessment tool, 45 secondary postpartum haemorrhage, 53 secondary triage decisions, 7 self-report of pain, 41 Semi-urgent treatment criteria mental health assessment, 33 paediatric triage, 48 – 9 South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service( SESAHS) triage tool, 27 splenic artery, 52 spontaneous arterial dissection, 52 stridor, 21, 45 sub-arachnoid haemorrhage, 52 subclavian artery, 52 suicide risk, 29 – 30 Sutherland Hospital guidelines, 38
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T tachycardia, paediatric triage, 48 Tasmanian triage rating, 27 telephone triage, 37 time constraints, 16, 37 time-to-treatment, 4, 11 tissue turgor, paediatric triage, 48 training for Triage Nurses, 3, 8 trauma patients, 24 triage, 3, 7, 18 – 25 Triage Education Resource Book, vii Triage Nurses communication skills, 14 medico-legal issues, 55 – 9 position statements, 56 rural and remote, 37
Triage Observation Tool, 45
Department of Health and Ageing – Emergency Triage Education Kit