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Triage: The First Decision Decides Everything | Episode 92
Episode two of the emergency department series is triage, and Michelle Carroll says plainly that if you listen to only one episode in the series, this is the one.
Triage is a decision made by one nurse in two to five minutes that determines how long the patient waits, when a physician sees them, and whether anyone is required to check on them in between. Undertriage is the single most common root of ED cases.
She explains the five-level system most US emergency departments use and the published algorithm behind it: the life-saving intervention question, the high-risk question, the resource…
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