Course Code: REL-ACU-0-VRTSAA
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Identify four triage systems and three triage methods.
Describe the rationale for the use of five-level triage systems.
Classify patients using the ESI triage system.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Triage
Introduction
The Battlefield Connection
Emergency Department
Triage Methods
Examples of Triage Systems
Creative Strategies in Triage Systems
Triage Level Systems
Triage Scales
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
Practice ESI
Section 3: The Art of Triage
The Art of Triage
Mistriage
A Brief Overview of the Triage Process
Section 4: Clinical Vignette
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Instructor: Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN
Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN, is the owner of Solheim Enterprises and an educational consultant who speaks internationally on motivational and clinical topics. Solheim is the founder of Project Helping Hands (http://project-helping-hands.org), a developing nations nonprofit humanitarian medical organization.
Writer: Elizabeth Kellerman, MSN, RN
Elizabeth Kellerman, MSN, RN worked as a critical care nurse in an Intensive Care Unit of a community hospital and that experience provided significant training in caring for older adults. Her experience and knowledge led her to nursing education where she taught at a community college as she received her Master's in Nurse Education at Western Carolina University. As a nursing instructor, she spent time in many types of care settings including medical-surgical inpatient and community living centers. Her passion for education and training has most recently led her to a position as Subject Matter Expert and Curriculum Designer for Relias.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.