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  2. Emergency Severity Index - Wikipedia

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    Instead, START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)/JumpSTART for pediatric patients or similar valid [6] rapid triage programs should be used instead. [4] [7] The use of the ESI algorithm should strictly be used by those with at least one year ED experience that have taken a comprehensive triage program. [1] [2]

  3. 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."

  4. Triage - Wikipedia

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    identify the patient. bear record of assessment findings. identify the priority of the patient's need for medical treatment and transport from the emergency scene. track the patients' progress through the triage process. identify additional hazards such as contamination. Triage tags take a variety of forms.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults - Wikipedia

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    A fasting blood sugar level of ≥ 7.0 mmol / L (126 mg/dL) is used in the general diagnosis of diabetes. [17] There are no clear guidelines for the diagnosis of LADA, but the criteria often used are that the patient should develop the disease in adulthood, not need insulin treatment for the first 6 months after diagnosis and have autoantibodies in the blood.

  8. Revised Trauma Score - Wikipedia

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    The score range is 0–12. In START triage, a patient with an RTS score of 12 is labeled delayed, 11 is urgent, and 3–10 is immediate. Those who have an RTS below 3 are declared dead and should not receive certain care because they are highly unlikely to survive without a significant amount of resources.

  9. Computer-aided simple triage - Wikipedia

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    Computer-aided simple triage (CAST) are computerized methods or systems that assist physicians in initial interpretation and classification of medical images. CAST is a sub-class of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD). CAST software systems perform a fully automatic initial triage (classification) of diagnostic medical imaging studies.