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Emergency nursing : 5-tier triage protocols / Julie K. Briggs, Valerie G. A. Grossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briggs, Julie K., author.
- Grossman, Valerie G. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Emergency nursing.
- Triage (Medicine)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Triage (Medicine).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This quick-reference handbook presents complaint-based triage protocols for assessing patients face to face in emergency and urgent care settings and assigning acuity levels within the 5-tier triage acuity system. The 5-tier triage acuity system is endorsed by the Emergency Nurses Association and the American College of Emergency Physicians and is rapidly becoming the international standard for emergency care clinical units. Organized alphabetically, the book covers 120 emergent and urgent complaints in all age groups, including environmental exposures and psychiatric presentations. Differential diagnosis charts are included to aid in rapid triage decisions. Nursing pearls are integrated throughout the book.
- Contents:
- Abdominal pain, adult
- Abdominal pain, pediatric
- Alcohol and drug use, abuse, and dependence
- Allergic reaction
- Altered mental status
- Ankle pain and swelling
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Back pain
- Bee sting
- Bites, animal and human
- Bites, insect and tick
- Bites, marine animal
- Bites, snake
- Body art complications
- Breast problems
- Breathing problems
- Burns
- Chest pain
- Cold exposure, hypothermia/frostbite
- Cold symptoms
- Confusion
- Contusion
- Cough
- Crying baby
- Depression
- Diabetic problems
- Diarrhea, adult
- Diarrhea, pediatric
- Ear problems
- Electric shock/lightning injury
- Extremity injury
- Eye injury and problems
- Feeding tube problems
- Fever
- Finger and toe problems
- Foreign body, ear
- Foreign body, ingestion
- Foreign body, inhaled
- Foreign body, rectum/vagina
- Foreign body, skin
- Genital problems, male
- Headache
- Head injury
- Heart rate, rapid
- Heart rate, slow
- Heat exposure
- Hip pain and swelling
- Hives
- Hypertension
- Itching without a rash
- Jaundice
- Jaundice, newborn
- Knee pain and swelling
- Laceration
- Lightheadedness/fainting
- Menstrual problems
- Motor vehicle accident
- Mouth problems
- Neck pain
- Nosebleed
- Poisoning, exposure or ingestion
- Pregnancy, abdominal pain
- Pregnancy, back pain
- Pregnancy, vaginal bleeding
- Pregnancy, vaginal discharge
- Pregnancy, vomiting
- Puncture wound
- Rash, adult and pediatric
- Rectal problems
- Seizure
- Seizure, febrile
- Sexual assault
- Shoulder pain
- Sinus pain and congestion
- Sore throat
- Suicidal behavior
- Sunburn
- Toothache/tooth injury
- Urinary catheter problems
- Urination problems
- Vaginal bleeding, abnormal
- Vomiting
- Weakness
- Wound infection
- Wrist pain and swelling.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4511-6641-9
- OCLC:
- 908511441
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