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2. Post-anesthesia care unit - Wikipedia

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   Surgical sites for excessive bleeding, mucopurulent discharge, swelling, hematomas, wound healing, and infection Vital signs are obtained every 5 minutes for the first 15 minutes. The PACU staff monitor that the Respiratory Rate and Saturation of Oxygen remain as close to baseline of that patient while the heart rate and blood pressure remain ...

3. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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   Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.

4. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   It has been well documented that the likelihood of return of spontaneous circulation and furthermore eventual discharge from hospital, after ten minutes of CPR falls significantly. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Once circulation is established, the patient is able to be transferred, for further investigation and intervention, to facilities such as a cardiac ...

5. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Wikipedia

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   When an emergency department determines that an individual has an EMC, the hospital must provide further treatment and examination until the EMC is resolved or stabilized and the patient can provide self-care after discharge or, if unable to do so, can receive needed continual care. Inpatient care provided must be at an equal level for all ...

6. Aldrete's scoring system - Wikipedia

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   The original scoring system was developed before the invention of pulse oximetry and used the patient's colouration as a surrogate marker of their oxygenation status. A modified Aldrete scoring system was described in 1995 [2] which replaces the assessment of skin colouration with the use of pulse oximetry to measure SpO 2.

7. Emergency department - Wikipedia

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   The main patient area inside the Mobile Medical Unit operated in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own ...