Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and other health care professionals.
• Describe the role of other health professionals in the management of the patient in the ED.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the way the ED works (basic functioning, referrals, role of other health professionals).
• Demonstrate a basic ability to distinguish seriously ill or injured patients from those with minor conditions.
• Distinguish which conditions are life-threatening or emergent from those that are less urgent.
• Describe the concept of triage and prioritization of care, including paraphrasing the use of Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Recognize that certain groups of patients require a high index of suspicion for serious illness (e.g.,immunocompromised, chronic renal failure, transplant, extremes of age, intoxicated, and diabetes).

Activities

• Emergency Medicine Triage Shift

Tags

Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation Emergency Medicine 5.11 Demonstrate trustworthiness and reliability that makes colleagues feel secure when one is responsible for the care of patients 5.12 Present oneself professionally to patients, families, and members of the health care team 6.5 Work effectively in various health care delivery settings and systems relevant to a variety of clinical specialties 6.8 Participate in identifying system-level gaps and errors and, where appropriate, identify, implement or participate in potential system-level solutions 7.1 Work with other health professionals to establish and maintain a climate of mutual respect, dignity, inclusion, ethical integrity, and trust 8.4 Demonstrate awareness and acceptance of different points of view Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297] Triage [N02.421.297.900]