PDF-(READ)-Telephone Medicine: Triage and Training for Primary Care

Comprehensive uptodate information on how to set up the office telephone system and train personnel Contains decision guidelines for assessing urgency of most common calls Written at appropriate level for the medical office assistant and organiz. James E Brown MD MMM EMT-P. Chairman. Department of Emergency Medicine. Wright State University. David N Gerstner, EMT-P. MMRS Program Manager. Dayton Fire Department. Objectives. Discuss differences between daily & disaster triage . What is the Triage Program?. The Triage Program at Trinity Washington University assists students who have an emergency situation while enrolled in courses and expect to be absent from classes for an extended period of time.. Mary Corcoran RN, BSN, MICN. EMTALA: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Requires a hospital to provide an appropriate medical screening exam to any person who comes to the emergency department and requests treatment or an examination for a medical condition. If the examination reveals an emergency medical condition, the hospital must also provide either necessary stabilizing treatment or appropriate transfer to another medical facility. Mary Corcoran RN, BSN, MICN. EMTALA: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Requires a hospital to provide an appropriate medical screening exam to any person who comes to the emergency department and requests treatment or an examination for a medical condition. If the examination reveals an emergency medical condition, the hospital must also provide either necessary stabilizing treatment or appropriate transfer to another medical facility. James E Brown MD MMM EMT-P. Chairman. Department of Emergency Medicine. Wright State University. David N Gerstner, EMT-P. MMRS Program Manager. Dayton Fire Department. Objectives. Discuss differences between daily & disaster triage . Public Health Emergencies. Learning Objectives. Articulate purpose and rationale for mass casualty triage. Discuss elements of effective pre-hospital and hospital triage. Describe challenges associated with mass casualty triage, including over-triage and under-triage. System . Global . T. rend and . in . K.S.A. . . OBJECTIVES:. By . the end of this session the . Students . should be able t. o. :. Discuss the global trend in health care system. History of health Care system in the Kingdom. Jail Triage is a voluntary program available to Kentucky’s county jails that screens for suicide risk, recommends interventions and arranges follow-up assessments with local mental health as needed. . James . Hotz. , IM Lead Mentor for Students. Mitch Goldman, IM Residency Program Director,. Careers and Training in Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine Subspecialties. Topics for Discussion. What an internist does. Is Triage Nursing for Me?. If you are looking for a triage job because…... You really like to talk on the phone. You like the idea of working at home and can get some things done around the house while you work. , Yellow, . Green. . and. . Black. Adapted from a presentation by:. Lou E. Romig MD, FAAP, FACEP, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. What is Triage?. “Triage” means “to sort”. Looks at medical needs and urgency of each individual patient. Hour . Telephone . Triage . Rapid . Assessment and Access . Tool. k. it . . Joan Thomas. 1. What we will discuss today. What is triage. ?. The development of the UKONS toolkit . UKONS/AUS version . Why we need triage training. Criteria. Inclusion. Over . 65 years (Under 65 considered on individual basis if hospital admission would be . detrimental). Live . in the Southern . Trust Area. Patients . must have been assessed as requiring acute care i.e. deemed to be at the point of hospital admission. 1. Review. ORAAC Triage Approaches Subcommittee Discussions. 2. Crisis standards of care . is health care that is provided differently than during normal operations. These changes are necessary due to a crisis, such as a widespread public health...