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i am a govt emt and we are having a tough time with the nurses wanting us to do most of the triage. the paramedics and emt triage and a nurse asigns a triage code and signs the form. Is this leagl? we tell them that JCAHO requires nurses to triage and they disagree. can someone email me with the site that i can find this information

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Specializes in Trauma/ED.

In our facility (non-gov), the initial assessment must be completed by an RN but often times the tech's do the vitals and start the chart before the nurse actually sees the pt.

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Specializes in ER, telemetry.

Our techs will triage a pt, i.e vital signs, complaint, allegies/meds, and put pt in computer. The RN must assess the pt and assign an acuity to that pt. Thank God for our techs!!!

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