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    focus will be on both paramedic and triage nurse and will analyse the collaborative work as an interdisciplinary team within the emergency department.

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    Triage nursing requires an experienced RN with the ability to act quickly and competently in an emergency situation. There are four criteria that make up triage. A red tag symbolizes a patient with injuries that must be treated immediately in order to survive. A yellow tag is reserved for those with injuries that do require medical treatment‚ but can be postponed. A green tag describes the “walking wounded‚” or a patient with only minor injuries. A black tag is used for those in which death is imminent

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    Scott Anderson’s novel "Triage deals" with war and the reminiscence of war. Mark Walsh‚ the protagonist in Triage is a New York based photojournalist who specialises in war photography. During the nine years Mark is in the industry‚ he believes that "you have to keep it separate‚ keep it separate‚ and you don’t feel a thing." Even though within the first nine years Mark believes that he is following his own advice and "keeping it separate"‚ in the novel there is much evidence of when he is unable

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    Abstract The history of emergency medicine dates back many centuries. As the years pass EMS not only progressed in prehospital care‚ but in the way patients are transported to the hospital in emergeny situations. Along with the progression of the transportation and prehospital care of patients‚ the EMS profession has come a long way in its regulations too. The principles of triage were first established during the Civil War by Major Johnathan Letterman‚ who also established an efficient

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    developments in both healthcare and training‚ EMS today has come to be an efficient and truly life-saving service. The emergency medical provider in the prehospital arena is a highly trained and capable individual entrusted with the care of those people who are extremely sick or critically injured at their most vulnerable times. Among those in prehospital healthcare‚ there are several tiers of provider. Generally speaking‚ in the United States‚ healthcare professionals are classified as First Responders

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    Accessed April 7‚ 2010. 12. US Census Bureau. State and county quickEacts‚ 2010. http://quickfacts. census.gov/qfd/states. Accessed April 7‚ 2010. 13. State of Utah. About Utah: quick facts‚ 2009. http://wvirw.utah.gov/ about/quickfacts.html field triage. MMWR recommendations and reports‚ January 23‚ 2009. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDE/rr/rr5801.pdf. Accessed April 8‚ 2010.

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    This is when there isn’t enough EMS personnel or equipment like medical supplies or ambulance to deal with the number of patients or the severities of the casualties. To manage a MCI‚ an organizational system known as triage is performed to find out which patients get treatment first under the goal of doing the highest-level of good for the greatest amount of people. Therefore in this system spending 10 minutes resuscitating a critically injured patient is discouraged/avoided

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    intraaortic balloon counterpulsation in high-risk patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997; 29: 1459–1467. Weaver WD‚ Cerqueira M‚ Hallstrom AP‚ et al. Prehospital-initiated vs hospital-initiated Thrombolytic therapy. The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trial. JAMA 1993; 270:1211.

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    The model of emergency medical services in the prehospital setting can be divided up into two broad groups. The Franco-German model is the predominant delivery model in Europe where the doctor goes to the patient via ambulance. When necessary‚ the physician will transport the patient and admit them to a hospital ward‚ bypassing the emergency room. In contrast‚ the Anglo-American model has a scoop and run philosophy. This model means paramedics and EMTs arrive on the scene‚ make a quick assessment

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    Emergency Resuscitation Perioperative Anesthesia Surgical Management Volume 1 TRAUMA Editors William C. Wilson‚ MD‚ MA Clinical Professor Director of Anesthesiology Critical Care Program Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of California‚ San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla‚ California Director of Trauma Anesthesia Associate Director Surgical Intensive Care Unit UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego‚ California‚ U.S.A. Christopher M. Grande‚ MD‚ MPH Executive

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