Adult 2 - Final Exam Study Guide

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N460-Adult Health-Final Exam Study Guide Unit 1 Nursing Care of the Adult Client with an Emergency/Trauma Objectives 1,2,4.5 Objective 1: Discuss similarities and differences in triage management ... in the emergency room and a disaster situation. o Emergency Room Triage  Most critically ill assigned highest priority o Disaster Situation Triage  Treatments based on likelihood of survival Objective 2: Discuss severity indices related to triage, trauma scoring and injury severity scoring. o Emergency Triage  Level 1- Resuscitation  Level 2- Emergent (10 min)  Level 3- Urgent (30 min)  Level 4- Semi Urgent (60 min)  Level 5- Nonurgent (120 min) o Disaster Triage  Priority 1 (Immediate)- Red  Priority 2 (Delayed)- Yellow  Priority 3 (Minimal)- Green  Priority 4 (Expectant)- Black Objective 4: Discuss triage skills and principles: assessment, history taking, and facilitating appropriate use of emergency services, collection of forensic evidence.  Primary survey- focuses on stabilizing life-threatening conditions  ABCDEs  Airway with c-spine immobilization  Neurological disability  Expose and evacuate  Secondary survey- after primary survey is completed and life-threatening insults are addressed [Show More]

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