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    In the wake of a national terrorist attack such as the ones that occurred on September 11‚ 2001‚ the nation was lost. While attempted terrorist attacks had been carried out in the past‚ many of them had been foiled and the successful ones weren’t nearly of this magnitude. While most victims of September 11th were killed‚ the survivors and first responders suffered many health complications. Health professionals across the nation were called upon for their expertise in dealing with the aftermath of

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    – Retrospective study. 5 casualty cards with soft tissue injury and fractures in children under 16 were picked randomly everyday from Jan 2005.The assessment and management of pain was recorded in each case. A validated pain score tool – Alder Hey triage pain score was introduced April 2005. 5 casualty cards were picked randomly everyday from May 2005. The assessment and management of pain in each case was recorded. Results – There were 155 patients in each month. In January ‚ none of the patients

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    At Sutter‚ the triage nurse who evaluated my son did not seen to be well-trained about the effect of asthma. The doctors and nurses who provided care to my son were well-trained and were able to end his attack. At Kaiser‚ 100% of the personnel were well- trained. The triage nurse correctly evaluated my son and prioritized his care. The physicians and nurses who treated him were able to quickly

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    Patient processing is a huge responsibility to keep the medical office flowing as smoothly as possible. First thing is when you arrive to the office you want to make sure that the office is clean and free of clutter. Setting up the check in areas and making sure all office supplies are needed for your front office staff. Medical personal such as your nursing staff should have rooms cleaned and stocked and prepared with the necessary tools for the doctors to have available in the rooms. Pulling

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    SIMULATION MODEL FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ABSTRACT The paper presents a comprehensive research study on the Simulation Model for Emergency Department. The study was conducted in the Emergency Department (ED) at The Ohio State Medical Center. A simulation model was developed using Arena (7.0) to model the process flow of patients in order to analyze the ED System performance. A Statistical Design of Experiments study was performed to study the significance/ non significance

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    Running head: ABUSE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM Abuse of the Emergency Medical System 4/8/2010 Running head: ABUSE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM Abuse of the Emergency Medical System The system of emergency medicine is often abused. From 911 calls‚ to visits at an emergency room (ER) we are experiencing an overload of non-emergency patients‚ causing the systems to become backed up and consuming money and time from all people involved. This abuse largely stems from the

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    appearing in volume 22‚ issue 13 of the journal Nursing Standard in 2007 explains certain process‚ approach and procedure in obtaining patients history‚ emphasizing on the importance of information order collection. This article also expounding on the triage process uses general and non-specific gender‚ race‚ or population criteria to obtain the assessment information to treat patients. I plan on summarizing the pros and cons of this article while explaining the author’s process of taking a patients

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    Introduction On a weekday morning‚ hundreds of people running out of City Hall Shopping lobby coughing‚ an estimated of at least 400 casualties are involved. City Hall MRT is an underground station located in the civic district in downtown core within the central area and serve as an underground passage connecting various shopping mall and office building together. Any disaster that occurs in this area will expect to have a huge impact and large amount of casualty. Being a student in Advance Emergency

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    Benefits vs. the risks of rapid sequence intubation in the pre-hospital environment: Rapid sequence intubation is a very risky procedure even in a stable environment‚ but when the unknown variables in the pre-hospital environment are considered‚ this procedure becomes more criticized every time it is used. When initiating the rapid sequence intubation protocol‚ the paramedic takes total control over the patient’s airway by sedating the patient with paralytic drugs and placing a breathing tube into

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    storms in New Jersey is the accumulation of snow in narrow streets. Visible Earth (2010) wrote‚ “With ambulances stranded in snow-clogged streets‚ 911 dispatchers in New York City were forced to resort to triage.” A challenge NJ has with triage is trying to determine how many citizens truly need triage and where. Many times in the State Police Headquarters Regional Intelligence Operations Center (ROIC)/State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) the wrong information about who needs medical care come in

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