Emergency Triage

<p><i>Emergency Triage: Telephone Triage and Advice</i> complements the highly successful <i>Emergency Triage</i>. The algorithms are rooted in the Manchester Triage System (MTS), which is used in hospitals around the world and which is acknowledged as an effective means of clinical prioritisation.</p> <p>This telephone iteration of a triage system which prioritises millions of patients each year provides a robust, safe, evidence-based system for managing the clinical risk in patients who are at a distance from health care providers. The basic principles that drive the MTS remain, but this book addresses the specific difficulties of assessment by telephone. The possible triage outcomes are “face-to-face now”, “face-to-face soon” and “face-to-face later” together with a self-care option. Information and advice is suggested at every level. The advice ranges from life-saving interventions, which can be carried out until health care arrives, to self-care instructions.</p> <p><i>Emergency Triage: Telephone Triage and Advice</i> provides all the necessary information that telephone triage staff must have to hand as well as including examples of questions to be asked. It will be a valuable resource for staff working in emergency departments, health centres and telephone triage organisations. Furthermore hospitals that are already using <i>Emergency Triage</i> will benefit from being linked with a telephone triage system that follows the same protocols.</p>