NUR 405 Disaster
- triage
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sorting of patient based upon the severity of their injuries. The goal is doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people. In times of disaster and/or mass casualties the health care system can become overwhelmed by the number and severity of the patients. The patients may outnumber the availability of the local resources. This happens rapidly.
- primary triage
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brief assessment done very quickly and to accurately categorize the patient's condition and transport needs.
- secondary triage
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done in the treatment area and color tag can change base on condition
- START triage
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Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment
Uses a limited assessment of the patient's ability to walk, respiratory status, hemodynamic status (pulse - radial, decent CO) and neuro status
- steps of START triage 1 / 2
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Performed on arrival - call out to patients at the disaster site "If you can hear my voice and can walk ........" give directions. These people are the walking wounded and are green.
Non walking people - first person and assess resp, if not breathing - open airway if still not breathing move on. If breathing turn into recovery position and tag red.Check bilateral radial pulse, absent radial - low Bp, red Neuro status - follow simple commands. If unable - red, if able yellow
- jump START
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Peds < 8yrs old and < 100 lbs Identify the walking wounded
If too young to follow commands or walk, or have special needs - they need to go to the treatment center for secondary triage If not breathing, check a pulse. If no pulse - black If pulse is present but no resp - open the airway if patient does not breathe, give 5 rescue breaths and recheck, if still no spontaneous breathing - black
Assess rate of resp. Approximate <15 or > 45 - red. If between 15 and 45 then check a distal pulse, if absent - red. If present, then check neuro
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Use AVPU
7. AVPU
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Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
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