traumakimi

traumakimi has 11 years experience and specializes in Emergency, Research.

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1. Triage VS standards

   traumakimi replied to F.E.R.N.'s topic in Emergency

   we use the emergency severity index (ESI) it is a 5 tiered triage classifying system but you might be able to modify it to a 4 tiered to work for you. It takes into account the severity of the illness as well as the number of resources that are expec...

2. Frequency of Vital signs

   traumakimi replied to traumakimi's topic in Emergency

   Thanks everyone. I'm glad to see that everyone has the same basic policy. I'm finishing my dissertation and it focuses on the frequency of vitals in the ED and how it's affected by crowding. In my literature review i didn't find many research article...

3. Frequency of Vital signs

   traumakimi posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone. I just finished a study on monitoring vital signs in the ER. I had LOTS of missing temps. how often do you repeat temps in your ER on "regular" ER patients and on boarders? Thanks for your input!