Publisher's Synopsis
This practical handbook will be an essential purchase for all health service staff who deal with emergencies. It guides the user through the basic methodology of triage, and then demonstrates how to apply the principles of all the major emergency presentation using easy to follow flow charts.
With its clear illustrations and useful discriminator dictionary. Emergency Triage will function as both a user friendly training manual and a quick and easy reference for everyone working in the emergency environment, including paramedics and trainees.
Emergency Triage is the basic text for the triage course designed by the Manchester Triage Group, and us used widely in emergency departments. The members of the group are senior emergency physicians and emergency nurses from general and specialist departments. Collectively they have considerable practical experience in the management and delivery of emergency care and in the design of educational materials for emergency staff.
