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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/some-patients-cant-wait-improving-timeliness-emergency-department-care
November 25, 2020 - The triage nurse assigned Emergency Severity Index (ESI) category 2. … EDs use the ESI triage system to sort patients into priority categories based on presenting complaint … ESI-2 patients are high priority and should be placed into a treatment bed as soon as possible. … Patients categorized ESI-3 through ESI-5 are less acute and predicted to require fewer resources. 1-3 … history. 2 Criticism of the ESI designation is unwarranted given the absence of ESI-1 criteria, despite
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-evaluation-abdominal-pain-elderly-patient
February 26, 2020 - She was assigned an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) score of 3 and was triaged to the waiting room until … The ESI triage process is insensitive to the nuances in patient presentations. … patients into five groups from most urgent (ESI-1) to least urgent (ESI-5) based on vital signs, visual … -2 instead of ESI-3. … categories 4 and 5; some ESI 3 patients may also qualify.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/one-got-away-elopement-suicidal-patient-emergency-department
September 27, 2023 - psychiatric inpatient admission to manage “crisis” presentations. 3-5 The Emergency Severity Index (ESI … that US hospitals use to categorize and prioritize care for emergency patients who have been triaged: ESI … immediately life-threatening conditions like cardiac arrest, blunt trauma, seizure, and choking, while ESI … complaint (and all those likely to be eventually placed on a psychiatric commitment order) are triaged as ESI
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49831/psn-pdf
June 01, 2018 - Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care. … SBARToolkit.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26174410
https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/esi
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest-pain-rural-hospital
June 02, 2021 - Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care.