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Triaging/screening people

Strategies for triaging/screening people when the traditional system is overwhelmed, including use of alternate sites.

New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Healthcare Institutions (PA)
Philadelphia's Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Healthcare Institutions addresses the needs and situations that may be experienced by hospitals during a pandemic. The guidance...   >> More
New Item Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster
Five articles from the Task Force for Mass Critical Care address difficult issues around patient triage and resource allocation that may need to be implemented during an influenza...   >> More
New Item Santa Clara Clinical Triage Guidelines (CA)
The Santa Clara Clinical Triage Guidelines include a protocol and a flow chart that use a modified pneumonia severity index to triage influenza patients. Patients are stratified by...   >> More
New Item Medical Coordination and Care Delivery Process (WA)
The concept of operations develops helpful processes to identify fairly specific triage and treatment objectives within a four-tiered medical response model. The concept develops...   >> More
New Item Medical and public health surge in Alexandria (VA)
This document presents the concept of Community Care Stations (CCS). These facilities are designed to provide initial assessment triage and would be opened when the hospital system...   >> More
New Item Clinical Review: Allocating Ventilators During Large-Scale Disasters - Problems, Planning, and Process
The article is a thoughtful assessment of important issues surrounding ventilator allocation during a large-scale disaster. Although the article emphasizes the importance of...   >> More
New Item Acute Care Services Tools (Ontario, Canada)
The Acute Care Services Tools provide the following: 1) a triage protocol for patients who may need critical care; 2) an assessment form and triage protocols for patients who may have...   >> More
New Item Community Based Assessment Centres (New Zealand)
The Community Based Assessment Centres plan offers practical information on establishing sites for initial screening and triage of patients with suspected pandemic influenza. The...   >> More
New Item Development of a Triage Protocol for Critical Care during an Influenza Pandemic (Ontario, Canada)
A collaborative, evidence-based triage protocol was designed for use as a decision-making tool when a critical care system becomes overwhelmed. The system of triage is applicable to...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Response and Management Toolkit: Appendix B: Clinical Care Guidelines: Algorithm for Initial Management of Adults and Children (British Columbia, Canada)
Three screening algorithms describe initial management of adults and children with suspected pandemic influenza. The flow charts provide criteria for self care at home, supervised...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Response and Management Toolkit: Appendix D: Alternative Care Site Management Tools (British Columbia, Canada)
Fraser Health's toolkit outlines key parameters for establishing alternate triage and care centers by providing guidance for selecting a site, organizing personnel, conducting triage...   >> More
New Item Guidance Document for Development of Protocols for Management of Patients Presenting to Hospital Emergency Departments and Clinics with Communicable Diseases of Urgent Public Health Concern (NY)
The Guidance Document was prepared to assist hospitals in developing and updating their protocols for communicable disease screening and isolation. The materials are specific to New...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning: Health and Social Service Planning for Wales
Wales' report contains useful algorithms and protocols for health care workers who will be performing initial triage during a pandemic. Flow charts of care pathways move toward...   >> More
New Item Appendix I: Alternate Care and Triage (NY)
Onondaga County's approach to alternate care and triage arranges for the operation of alternate care sites and transport of non-critically ill patients in a local jurisdiction. The...   >> More

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