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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454313403321

Titolo

Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) [[electronic resource] ] : Manual of Participants and Facilitator Guide

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2005

ISBN

1-282-05797-9

9786612057977

92-4-068351-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Disciplina

617.1

Soggetti

Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Guideline

Emergency medicine

Triage (Medicine)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

ANNEX THREE: TRAINING PARTICIPANTS IN TRIAGE ONLY AND ETAT AND IMCIANNEX FOUR: PARTICIPANT'S CHECKLISTS; ANNEX FIVE: ANSWERS TO ETAT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS; ANNEX SIX: EVALUATION

Sommario/riassunto

Deaths in hospital often occur within 24 hours of admission. Many of these deaths could be prevented if very sick children are identified soon after their arrival in the health facility, and treatment is started immediately. Therefore, a process of rapid triage for all children presenting to hospital needs to be put in place, to determine whether any emergency or priority signs are present. This 3 1/2-day training course builds on the WHO Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) guidelines as contained in the ""Pocket book of hospital care for children"". It provides participants with