Search for dissertations about: "triage scale"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words triage scale.

2. 1. Registered nurse-led emergency department triage : organisation, allocation of acuity ratings and triage decision making

   Author : Katarina Göransson; Anna Ehrenberg; Margareta Ehnfors; Gun Nordström; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accuracy; Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale; concordance; decision making; emergency department; patient scenarios; registered nurses; survey; think aloud; triage; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : Successful triage is the basis for sound emergency department (ED) care, whereas unsuccessful triage could result in adverse outcomes. ED triage is a rather unexplored area in the Swedish health care system. This thesis contributes to our understanding of this complex nursing task. READ MORE

4. 2. Emergency Department Triage in Sweden : Occurrence, Validity, Reliability and Registered Nurses' Experiences

   Author : Sara Wireklint; Katarina E Göransson; Carina Elmqvist; Anna Ekwall; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Emergency department; experience; registered nurse; reliability; triage scale; triage system; validity; written scenarios; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim was to explore Emergency Department triage in Swedenthrough a specific focus on the Swedish triage system, RETTS© and RegisteredNurses’ experience of triage.Methods: Study I was a cross-sectional, prospective, national survey. Fiftyone(75%) EDs completed a digital questionnaire about triage and triage relatedwork. READ MORE

5. 3. Evaluation of medical response in disaster preparedness : with special reference to full-scale exercises

   Author : Monica Rådestad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Air crash;

   Abstract : Background: Disaster exercises and simulations serves as teaching and training tool for improving medical response in disaster preparedness. Rapid and effective medical response in major incidents is known as a “key phase” to optimise resources, and this requires that management systems have an “all hazards” approach. READ MORE

6. 4. Genetic risk factors in autoimmune Addison's disease

   Author : Maribel Aranda Guillén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Autoimmune Addison’s disease is the most common form of primary adrenal insufficiency in the Western world. The low prevalence of the disease has hampered large-scale unbiased genetic studies where the entire genome could be examined at once. READ MORE

7. 5. Treatment and logistics of acute ischemic stroke : safety and outcomes

   Author : Boris Keselman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Background: Stroke, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, accounts for over 20000 hospital admissions in Sweden yearly. The vast majority of patients (85%), suffer from ischemic stroke, an occlusion of a cerebral artery that can be treated pharmacologically with systemic intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) or mechanically with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). READ MORE