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  2. Emergency Severity Index - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level emergency department triage algorithm, initially developed in 1998 by emergency physicians Richard Wurez and David Eitel. [1] It was previously maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) but is currently maintained by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Five-level ...

  3. Triage tag - Wikipedia

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    Typical triage tag used for emergency mass casualty decontamination.. A triage tag is a tool first responders and medical personnel use during a mass casualty incident.With the aid of the triage tags, the first-arriving personnel are able to effectively and efficiently distribute the limited resources and provide the necessary immediate care for the victims until more help arrives.

  4. Emergency nursing - Wikipedia

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    It can be speculated that triage protocols are either lacking or not being followed. The limited basic knowledge and skill of emergency nursing included in undergraduate nurse training programs, and the limited number of nurse trainers, provides difficulty for many pending nurses to acquire the skills needed to work in emergency settings.

  5. RPM-30-2-Can Do - Wikipedia

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    RPM-30-2-Can Do is a mnemonic device for the criteria used in the START triage system, which is used to sort patients into categories at a mass casualty incident. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The mnemonic is pronounced "R, P, M, thirty, two, can do."

  6. Simple triage and rapid treatment - Wikipedia

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    Simple triage and rapid treatment (START) is a triage method used by first responders to quickly classify victims during a mass casualty incident (MCI) based on the severity of their injury. The method was developed in 1983 by the staff members of Hoag Hospital and Newport Beach Fire Department located in California , and is currently widely ...

  7. Category:Triage - Wikipedia

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  8. Emergency medical dispatch - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, AMPDS is one of two Department of Health and Social Care approved computer programs for 999/112 medical emergency call triage; used across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of England.

  9. Emergency Nurses Association - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1970 as the Emergency Department Nurses Association, the organization resulted from the merger of two organizations. One of the organizations, also known as the Emergency Department Nurses Association, had been founded by Judith Kelleher on the West Coast; the other, the Emergency Room Nurses Organization, was established by Anita Dorr in the Eastern United States. [1]