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Emergency Triage
Manchester Triage GroupAdvanced Life Support Group 3. Aufl.
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35,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley |
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| Veröffentl.: | 21.10.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781118299043 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 208 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>The Manchester Triage System (MTS) is the most widely used triage system in the UK, Europe and Australia, with tens of millions of patients being processed through hospital emergency departments. It is also used in hospitals throughout Brazil.</p> <p><i>Emergency Triage</i> is the core text for the MTS, which utilises a risk averse system of prioritisation for patients in all unscheduled care settings. As such, it is an essential text for all emergency department staff using the MTS, in particular triage nurses. The book is both a training tool and a reference for daily use in the Emergency Department and prehospital settings. </p> <p>This edition features revised protocols that reflect new approaches to prioritisation, with accompanying revised flowcharts - the core part of the book.</p> <p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> <p>Presentation flow charts index</p> <p>1: Introduction</p> <p>2: The decision-making process and triage</p> <p>3: The triage method</p> <p>4: Pain assessment as part of the triage process</p> <p>5: Patient management, triage and the triage nurse</p> <p>6: Auditing the triage process</p> <p>7: Telephone triage</p> <p>8: Beyond prioritisation to other applications<br /><br /><b>This Edition was updated in 2023 to Version 3.8.</b></p>
Editors vi <p>Members of the original Manchester Triage Group vii</p> <p>International Reference Group viii</p> <p>Preface to the third edition ix</p> <p>Preface to the first edition xi</p> <p>1 Introduction 1</p> <p>2 The decision-making process and triage 6</p> <p>3 The triage method 11</p> <p>4 Pain assessment as part of the triage process 25</p> <p>5 Patient management, triage and the triage practitioner 35</p> <p>6 Auditing the triage process 42</p> <p>7 Telephone triage 47</p> <p>8 Beyond prioritisation 54</p> <p>Presentational flow chart index 62</p> <p>Presentational flow charts 64</p> <p>Discriminator dictionary 174</p> <p>Index 185</p> <p>General discriminators 190</p>
<p><b>Kevin Mackway-Jones</b>, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.</p> <p><b>Janet Marsden</b>, Professor of Ophthalmology and Emergency Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.</p> <p><b>Jill Windle</b>, Lecturer Practitioner in Emergency Nursing, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK.</p>
<p>The Manchester Triage System (MTS), the most widely used emergency medical triage system in the UK and Europe, is employed to prioritise the treatment of tens of millions of patients each year. MTS utilises an easy-to-understand and safe, risk-based system of prioritisation.</p> <p><i>Emergency Triage</i> contains all the information necessary for an MTS user: as such, it is an essential text for all emergency department staff, in particular triage nurses. The book is both a training tool and a reference for daily use.</p> <ul> <li>Well-organized and well-written</li> <li>Updated evidence-based concepts of triage for modern emergency departments</li> <li>New charts for abuse and neglect in childhood, unwell newborn, unwell baby</li> <li>A new approach to fever in childhood</li> <li>An introduction to telephone triage and advice</li> </ul> <p>This book is a must-have tool for all practitioners working in emergency and urgent care.</p> <p><b>Titles of related interest:</b><br /> <i>Paediatric Emergency Triage</i> 9781118299012<br /> <i>Telephone Triage and Advice</i> 9781118369388</p>
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