Triage for UEC

You can triage patients that attend UEC Urgent and Emergency Care. In Nervecentre, this covers 'ED areas' and SDEC. by completing a triage form. On a mobile, you can access this form from Case Notes. On a desktop, you can access this form from  Inpatients > Patient Detail > Triage, or Case Notes.

Triage is a clinical process to prioritise patients. Triage happens before a full assessment of the patient.

Triage for UEC on a mobile

  1. From your patient list, select a patient.

  2. Select Case Notes.

  3. Select a case notes profile to filter the list of interventions.

    For example, 'ED Current Episode'.

  4. Select and choose an intervention for triage.

    For example, 'ED Triage'.

    The name of this intervention depends on your organisation.

  5. If you see No form set, the intervention has a selection of forms you can choose from. Select the intervention and choose the form you want to use.

  6. Select the form from the list to open the triage form.

    For example, 'ED Triage'.

  7. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    • Mandatory fields are marked .

    • Some fields might already be populated with information added elsewhere in Nervecentre.

  8. From the bottom of the form, select Submit Intervention.

    You must select Submit Intervention at the end of the form to sign the form and capture the moment in time.

Triage for UEC on a desktop

From Triage, you can complete a triage form. This form is also available from Case Notes.

The form.

Complete all mandatory fields. Mandatory fields are marked .

Your form might look different. Your form depends on your organisation.

Progress buttons. You can select these when you have completed all mandatory fields on the form.

  • To submit the form, select Submit Intervention.

  • To strike out the form, select Cancel Intervention.

    This doesn't remove any entries you added to the form. You must remove these manually.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Triage.

  2. If there is a single form, the form opens.

    Or, if there are several forms, from the top of the form, select Choose Form.

  3. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    • Mandatory fields are marked .

    • Some fields might already be populated with information added elsewhere in Nervecentre.

  4. Submit the form, or strike out the form.

    • To submit the form, select Submit Intervention.

    • To strike out the form, select Cancel Intervention.

      This doesn't remove any entries you added to the form. You must remove these manually.

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