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Recommended books & links


• Triage Nursing Secrets
Quick Reference to Triage
• Emergency Nursing - 5 Tier Triage Protocols
• Nursing Management Secrets
Emergency Nurses Association
• Larry and Janes Nursing Notes
• Emergency Nursing World
• National Ctr for Emergency Medicine Informatics




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FEATURED ARTICLE:

"Optimizing Emergency Department Front End Operations," an Information Paper presented by ACEP. This is a useful paper in presenting the challenges that face all emergency departments; and it offers solutions - entirely consistent with our Comprehensive ED Triage Course.

Note Resources on page 13.

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Top Requested downloads

• 2005 ENA Lecture Handout • Course Bibliography
• Critical Thinking Presentation • Fast Track Guidelines
• Live Course Agenda • Medical Directive Set
• ED Documentation Tool • Improving Patient Satisfaction
• EMTALA Revisions Summary  

Online course profile downloads

• Clinical Expertise (ESI/CTAS) • Five Level Acuity (ESI/CTAS)
• CONTACTS  

Patient Safety Links

• Joint Commission • Medline Plus
• National Patient Safety Foundation • Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• AHRQ Patient Safety Network  

References and Miscellaneous downloads & links

• CTAS Implementation Guidelines • CTAS Revisions (2004)
• CTAS Revisions (2008) • CTAS Pediatric Implementation Guidelines
• CTAS Pediatric Revisions (2008) • CTAS Poster
• CAEP & SRPC Position Statement (CTAS) • Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Handbook
• EMTALA Revisions Summary • Emergency Nursing Documentation System
• Patient Care Technology System • ACEP National Report Card
• Guidelines for Ambulance Diversion • Standing Orders in Hospitals
• Ottawa Ankle Rules • Hospital Surge Capacity
• Optimizing ED Front End

 

 

 
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