What should be included in triage and ocular history?
1. Eye Examination– refer to Education Session Two & Three for the process of Eye Examination and Visual Acuity. 2. History Taking Both of these will enable you to allocate patient’s appropriate triage category, and facilitate timely treatment EYE EDUCATION FOR EMERGENCY CLINICIANS7 Overview of Patient History
How is triage performed at the same time?
There are two important procedures for triage to perform at the same time: 1. Eye Examination– refer to Education Session Two & Three for the process of Eye Examination and Visual Acuity. 2. History Taking Both of these will enable you to allocate patient’s appropriate triage category, and facilitate timely treatment
How often should triage area be disinfected?
Triage area, including a separate waiting area for suspected COVID-19, should be cleaned at least twice a day with a focus on frequently touched surfaces. Disinfection can be done with 0.1% (1000ppm) chlorine or 70% alcohol for surfaces that do not tolerate chlorine. For large blood and body fluid spills, 0.5% (5000ppm) chlorine
Why do triage nurses uptriage CTAs 4 patients?
Concept of ‘normalization toward the mean’ The knowledge that a patient will need to be assigned to the waiting room, may lead the triage nurse to ‘uptriage’ a CTAS 4 or 5 patient in the hopes of shortening their wait Similarly there may be subconscious pressure to ‘downtriage’ certain patients based on ED space limitations
What kind of eye condition does Chloe Lukasiak have?
For a while, Chloe has been teased for what she thought was a “lazy eye,” but it turned out to be something far more serious — a condition called silent sinus syndrome, which causes painless facial asymmetry.
There are two important procedures for triage to perform at the same time: 1. Eye Examination– refer to Education Session Two & Three for the process of Eye Examination and Visual Acuity. 2. History Taking Both of these will enable you to allocate patient’s appropriate triage category, and facilitate timely treatment
What kind of sunglasses do Chloe women wear?
Introducing the new Chloé eyewear collection of sunglasses and optical frames. Comprising a range of shapes that are fluid and lighweight, luminous and graceful, each style exudes grace and attitude while elevating the Maison’s vision of modern femininity.