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EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX (ESI) 2024 QUIZZES & ANS!!
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EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX (ESI) 2024 QUIZZES & ANS!!Evatee 7/31/24 ESI EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX (ESI) 2024 QUIZZES & ANS!!
questions to consider when determining if the level 2 patient can wait to be seen: Answer - -would I use my last bed for this patient?
-should I make a hallway bed for appropriate intervention?
-Is this a high risk situation?
-Is the patient experiencing new onset confusion, lethargy, or disorientation?
-is the patient experiencing severe pain or distress?
to Identify a high risk situation: Answer - an experienced nurse will always assess the patient's chief complaint, presenting signs and symptoms, demographics, and medical history. a good source is the emergency nursing core curriculum***
significance of VS in triage: Answer - -a patient with a fever and productive cough may have a respiratory rate of 32 and SPO2 90%, this patient probably has pneumonia and is at high risk for oxygen desaturation.
when is abdominal pain a level 2? Answer - -if there is tachycardia, respiratory distress, pallor, bloating, bleeding, hypotension, (think shock)
-the elderly often experience bowel obstruction, GI bleed, and other problems that place them at higher risks than younger patients.
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