Vol 3/Issue 1 ~ Triage First Newsletter ~ Winter 2007-08




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Triage Specialist Course
Comprehensive Training for the Triage Educator


March 31-April 4, 2008
Asheville, NC
Now accepting applications

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Triage Specialist Course Comments

"Triage First is providing leadership in an area of nursing that is one of the most difficult but also one of the most overlooked and discounted by other healthcare providers."
Connie B., BSN, RN, Director


"Your dedication, commitment, and passion was very apparent and very contagious and inspiring. The course held my attention and exceeded my expectations."
Kimberly M., BSN, MSN, RN

"Exellent course!!"
C. B., PhD, RN


"Wonderful program. Inspirational, motivating, great instructors and numerous personal touches which made it a great experience."
S. R., BSN, RN

"It was a once in a lifetime experience. I have never been so tired and learned so much in one class." Anna M., BSN, RN

"I thought both instructors were great! I was captivated by their knowledge." M. F., BSN, RN



Two-Day Course
Comments


"Absolutely, positively awesome course!"

"The instructors are dynamite!"

"Their knowledge base, expertise, and professionalism clearly shine through."

"Triage First's course will greatly add to my nursing practice. I sincerely thank you for that!"

"Everything covered was nurse-driven – this class is for nurses, by nurses."

"Two-day course is real world knowledge – now I can't wait to go to the Triage Specialist Course."



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Welcome!

Management (and mismanagement) of patients with sickle cell disease, highlights of a CDC report on ED care in the United States, questions about immediate bedding, and the tale of a mistriaged octogenarian: These topics are featured in the current issue of Triage First’s newsletter. We hope you will benefit from these articles, and we would love to hear from you if you have comments or questions on these or any other emergency care topics.



Case Presentation


In each issue we feature a patient presentation that has significance for the nurse at triage. Ready to test your triage skills? Check out this month's case presentation. Read more... 



Ask the Experts

This column provides answers to questions we receive from emergency nurses regarding both the clinical and practical aspects of triage and emergency nursing. This month's article addresses questions about the concept of immediate bedding. Read more...



Literature & Research

The goal of this column is to keep you up to date with the latest literature and research relevant to emergency nursing. This month's column addresses two topics: ED management of patients with sickle cell disease and the CDC's most recent annual report of emergency care in the U.S. Read more...  



What's New at Triage First

Triage Specialist Course:
Comprehensive Training for the Triage Educator

Triage First will train members of your staff to present and teach our Comprehensive ED Triage Course. The training takes place over five days and earns successful participants 37.5 Continuing Education Contact Hours, as well as providing your ED with a valuable triage resource nurse...

CTAS and ESI Pocket Guides
Convenient 4" by 5" CTAS and ESI Pocket Guides are available for $25 apiece.

Ongoing Triage Education Online (CONTACTS)
To provide continuing triage education to emergency nurses, Triage First now offers a quarterly online education module called the Continuing Triage And Competency Training Series, or CONTACTS...

Triage Acuity Audit Guide (TAAG)
Our inexpensive online triage acuity decision-checking tool provides guidance through many examples of clinical presentations for high-risk body systems.

ED CQI Portal
Our ED CQI Portal offers busy managers and executives an online project manager to aid in any process improvement project. It is powerful, flexible, easy to learn and use, and is designed for continuous quality improvement.

Read more details about what's new at Triage First...



Other Triage First Services

Comprehensive ED Triage Education
Our education services are widely acclaimed, and we have seen evidence that if even one person in an ED has received our training, the culture of that ED can change. Our program includes both live presentations and online testing and training modules. Education is available for both the ESI and CTAS five-acuity triage scales.

Customer Service Education
Our very successful short program, "Face to Face," is perfect not only for ED staff invigoration and motivation, but also as a hospital-wide program, or as a keynote address for healthcare-related events...

Consultation
Our specialty as consultants is the ability to provide in-depth analyses of ED point-of-entry processes, patient throughput and ED output processes, clinical expertise, customer-service and personnel issues, as well as the physical plant and much more...

Implementation
Because most ED staff already have more on their plates than they can handle, Triage First offers a full ED CQI program...

ESI and CTAS Wall Posters
These colorful and comprehensive references are invaluable aids for users and teachers of the ESI or CTAS five-acuity triage scales....

Read more about Triage First services...


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