Emergency triage

Mackway-Jones, Kevin. (Added Author). Marsden, Janet. (Added Author). Windle, Jill. (Added Author). Manchester Triage Group. (Added Author).

Summary: "Emergency Triage is the core text for the MTS which utilises a risk aware 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 themselves."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780727915429
ISBN: 0727915428 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiii, 178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
print
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Editors -- Members of the Original Manchester Triage Group -- International Reference Group -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first editon -- 1. Intorduction -- 2. The decision-making process and triage -- 3. The triage method -- 4. Pain assessment, triage and the triage nurse -- 5. Patient management as part of the triage process -- 6. Auditioning the triage process -- 7. Telephone triage -- 8. Beyond prioritisation -- Presentational flow chart index -- Presentational flow charts -- Discriminator dictionary -- Index