NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Ceri Boyd — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:39:03 GMT

Also thanks arcticfox, didn't realise exactly what all the colours were ha! Found that useful :) x

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Ceri Boyd — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:30:42 GMT

Thanks very much for all the replies! I suppose I do triage a lot more often than I had realised, with phones and reception duties etc. Spoke to CC about possibly doing simulations as well so that may be something I do to get it covered. Knew I'd get some good advice on here, thanks guys!

Ceri x

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

arcticfox — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:13:00 GMT

Hi there

I'm not sure if you know, but Triage was originally created to allow emergency services to work through large scale disaster situations, like train crashes etc.

It is a coding system and the same process can be applied to patients.

Black - the person will die anyway no matter what you do - these patients are left alone.

Red - immediate intervention is required otherwise the patient will die - an emergency

Amber - this patient requires medical treatment but can wait. They still need checking to observe for signs of decline.

Green - this patient has non life-threatening injuries.

If you speak to emergencies on the phone you will already be doing this as you will be deciding if the pet needs to be brought in straight away, or if the next block of appointments will be fine.

Simulations are good for this, but you can probably log some telephone experiences.

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Victoria Nielsen RVN — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:47:04 GMT

When you speak to clients on the phone, you are effectively triaging then as you have to determine if it is an emergency, urgent or routine. Then obviously on arrival, if it's a cut pad or similar, you can just check them over and triage while waiting to see the vet. My students have had compromised airways, cut pads, wounds and recently, a fracture. They recognised that they needed to be seen as an emergency and asked them to come down and then they assessed the patient, so they fulfilled that skill.

If you aren't as lucky, then like the above posters say, simulations are handy

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Sally Seddon — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:19:29 GMT

I used phone calls for some of mine. If a client calls to say their pet has a cut and they need to see a vet, I'm sure you ask if it's bleeding, how big it is etc. Ths is how bulked my triage tasks out 😊

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Jo Oakden — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:16:12 GMT

You can also do smaller things as triage - a cut pad that is bleeding is a haemhorrage and owners usually ring before hand to say they are coming down. if there is a wait before seeing the vet you could call them in and place a light dressing to contain the 'mess'. But I am also going to do simulations with my student, its far easier and more controlled!!

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Emily Nightingale — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:31:18 GMT

I agree with above! simulations are absolutely brilliant! also I dont know if you've ever been on reception when someone has ran in with their pet but I also class that as triaging, purely just taking them out and passing to the vet! you being aware that it needs to be seen quickly by a vet is a form of triage. I'm struggling finding cases too though to be honest and think me and my CC are just going to do simulations.

Re: NPL help please! SAVN18 - triage patients

Charmaloo88 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:02:55 GMT

This is where the wonderful word 'simulation' comes in to play! I used simulation for the demo to student and student demo back sections, then just wait on it really. If your student then nears completing NPL and you still haven't had a case in then you can log competence ONLY if you are comfortable student would know how to triage. I did training sessions with cuddly toys, resuscitation dolls are VERY pricey so maybe see if students college has access to one especially for CPR training. Hope this helps :)