Patients in triage

[ksmedic202]

I was just wondering how many services and/or techs release care of a patient to the Triage area? Do you release them to a nurse who evaluates them and then sends them to triage or do you release them strictly to the triage nurse to wait their turn.

[brentoli]

They always go to a room here.

The only time they don't is when for some higher power unknown reason a 911 ambulance is used for a direct admit. Or OB's but they just go straight up to the OB floor.

[spenac]

Or OB's but they just go straight up to the OB floor.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I used to do a bunch of them at the old job. We actually were the only service with the code to enter labor and delivery. All the other services had to have a nurse escort them in. Of course we delivered babys in their delivery rooms several times when doc didn't get there quick enough.

As far as triage nurse, same nurse was also ER nurse so she signed whether she sent them to triage or to a room for immediate treatment.

[AnthonyM83]

They wait in our hallway on our gurney until we can give the triage nurse a report. That's usually 1 minute to 1 hour. Then, we wait in the hallway with the patient, until they get a bed. That's usually 5 minutes to 3 hours. Sometimes 4. Occasionally 6 hours.

Then we put them in bed and if their actual nurse is there, we give the report again, but depending on the hospital that might be only half the time.

[spenac]

They wait in our hallway on our gurney until we can give the triage nurse a report. That's usually 1 minute to 1 hour. Then, we wait in the hallway with the patient, until they get a bed. That's usually 5 minutes to 3 hours. Sometimes 4. Occasionally 6 hours.

Then we put them in bed and if their actual nurse is there, we give the report again, but depending on the hospital that might be only half the time.

That would suck. I would rather stay on the ambulance and let them call me when they have a room ready. Thankfully small towns very seldom do we have to wait.

[JPINFV]

They wait in our hallway on our gurney until we can give the triage nurse a report. That's usually 1 minute to 1 hour. Then, we wait in the hallway with the patient, until they get a bed. That's usually 5 minutes to 3 hours. Sometimes 4. Occasionally 6 hours.

Then we put them in bed and if their actual nurse is there, we give the report again, but depending on the hospital that might be only half the time.

cough Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital. I hated that place when I had to transport there. BLS units are essentially triaged as if the patient came into the hospital on foot. The only difference was that BLS patients stayed on the gurney till a room opened up. At least at Whittier (another hospital near by) you got the first bed that opened up (it might be an hour, but you still went before anyone in the lobby under most circumstances), and they had free food for basics and medics.

[kyle308]

lol wow that sucks for you guys. After we give our report the hospital assigns us a room and we take them straight there, where we are happily(HAHAHA i wish)greeted by a nurse who takes the patient and another report and we leave.

[Capman]

98% of the time our patients go to a room. On occasion, you have a person who wants to go to the ER because they have had a cold or a minor ailment but have no way to get in there and they call the ambulance to get them there. Right or wrong, it happens. We are usually instructed to bring these patients to triage by the nurse during our radio call in. Of course, our report plays a major role in whether this happens or not.

[JPINFV]

lol wow that sucks for you guys. After we give our report the hospital assigns us a room and we take them straight there, where we are happily(HAHAHA i wish)greeted by a nurse who takes the patient and another report and we leave.

That's how it normally is. Go to hospital ->flow tech assigns room (if not already done) -->report/signature/etc -->make gurney and clear.

[AnthonyM83]

98% of the time our patients go to a room. On occasion, you have a person who wants to go to the ER because they have had a cold or a minor ailment but have no way to get in there and they call the ambulance to get them there. Right or wrong, it happens.

That's a LARGE number of our patient population in certain areas where we're used as their primary care providers and taxis.

Holding the walls at the hospital is one of the main things that wears us out. That and constantly driving from area to area to cover when coverage gets depleted. A 24 shift might only have 5 - 9 transports, but we might be running straight through the day and night. Makes it hard on the ambulance company too staffing that many units while not running that many calls.