Triage
Emergency Nursing
Emergency Service, Hospital
Mass Casualty Incidents
Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to impose a sustained demand for HEALTH SERVICES rather than the short, intense peak customary with smaller scale disasters.
Emergency Medical Services
Nursing Audit
After-Hours Care
Medical care provided after the regular practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365-day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, or hospice care.
Pacific States
The geographic designation for states bordering on or located in the Pacific Ocean. The states so designated are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. (U.S. Geologic Survey telephone communication)
Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems
Vital Signs
Remote Consultation
Telephone
Trauma Severity Indices
Hotlines
A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.
Colposcopy
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
A malignancy arising in uterine cervical epithelium and confined thereto, representing a continuum of histological changes ranging from well-differentiated CIN 1 (formerly, mild dysplasia) to severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ, CIN 3. The lesion arises at the squamocolumnar cell junction at the transformation zone of the endocervical canal, with a variable tendency to develop invasive epidermoid carcinoma, a tendency that is enhanced by concomitant human papillomaviral infection. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Trauma Centers
Nurse's Practice Patterns
Emergency Medical Technicians
Paramedical personnel trained to provide basic emergency care and life support under the supervision of physicians and/or nurses. These services may be carried out at the site of the emergency, in the ambulance, or in a health care institution.
Injury Severity Score
Emergencies
Wounds and Injuries
Efficiency, Organizational
Sensitivity and Specificity
Vaginal Smears
Emergency Treatment
Papillomavirus Infections
Disasters
Patient Admission
Disaster Medicine
Branch of medicine involved with management and organization of public health response to disasters and major events including the special health and medical needs of a community in a disaster.