2. Learning Points
⢠Triage- What is it
⢠The Australian Triage Scale
⢠Triage assessment
⢠Predictors of poor outcome
⢠Red flags at triage
⢠Assigning appropriate ATS
3. Triage
ďŽ Trier= to sort.
ďŽ Triage= establishing priorities of patient
care for urgent treatment while allocating
limited resources.
17. The C-Spine
Nexus
MOI with 1 Criteria:
⢠Cervical tenderness
⢠Signs of intoxication
⢠Altered Mental state
⢠Significant distracting injury
⢠Focal neurological deficits
Canadian
⢠Only use when GCS 15
31. Trauma Patients
⢠Look at MOI:
â Vehicle rollover
â Death in same vehicle
â Ejection
â Fall from >3 meters
⢠Use trauma criteria = ATS 1 or 2
42. Take Home Points
⢠ID & Manage risk to self & patients
⢠1st impressions count
⢠âDoes the patient look sick?â
⢠ID time critical interventions required
⢠Use the Duty consultant & SCO
⢠The waiting room is your enemy!