Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Med Surg
Med Surg
Med Surg
OBJECTIVES:
⋄ Resuscitation
⋄ Emergent
⋄ Urgent
⋄ Nonurgent
⋄ Minor
Emergency Severity Index
Expected High resource High resource Medium/High Low resource Low resource
resource intensity intensity resource intensity intensity
intensity intensity
S IMPLE
T RIAGE
A ND
R APID
T REATMENT
PRIORITY 1
These victims have a reasonable chance of survival only
if they receive immediate treatment
Respirations are 22
She is unresponsive
Patient states he can’t
move or feel his legs
Respirations are 26
Respirations are 16
Pulse is 88 (Radial)
He is unconscious
REFERENCES:
⋄ Quiambao-Udan, J. (2017).Medical-surgical
nursing concepts and clinical applications. 3rd ed.
⋄ Brunners & Suddarth’s Medical Surgical
Nursing 11th ed.
THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING