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Stroke patients, Fainting – not alert, Chest pain, Road Traffic Collisions, Major burns, Sepsis: 18 min Response time measured with arrival of transporting vehicle Category 3: Urgent: Usually used (service policy dependent) Falls, Fainting – now alert, Diabetic problems, Isolated limb fractures, Abdominal pain: 120 min
A Risk Class I or Risk Class II pneumonia patient can be sent home on oral antibiotics. [4] A Risk Class III patient, after evaluation of other factors including home environment and follow-up, may either: [5] be sent home with oral antibiotics [4] be admitted for a short hospital stay with antibiotics and monitoring. [4]
They described a six-point scale, ranging from a healthy person (class 1) to one with an extreme systemic disorder that is an imminent threat to life (class 4). The first four points of their scale roughly correspond to today's ASA classes 1–4, which were first published in 1963.
The ESI levels are numbered one through five, with levels one and two indicating the greatest urgency based on patient acuity. However, levels 3, 4, and 5 are determined not by urgency, but by the number of resources expected to be used as determined by a licensed healthcare professional (medic/nurse) trained in triage processes. [4]
Class 3: Volume loss from 30% to 40% of total blood volume, from 1500 mL to 2000 mL. A significant drop in blood pressure and changes in mental status occur. [3] Heart rate and respiratory rate are significantly elevated (more than 120 BPM). Urine output declines. Capillary refill is delayed. [3] Class 4: Volume loss over 40% of total blood volume.
Class I – Rations – Subsistence (food and drinking water), gratuitous (free) health and comfort items. Class II – Clothing And Equipment – individual equipment, tentage, some aerial delivery equipment, organizational tool sets and kits, hand tools, unclassified maps, administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment.
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4: TB Not clinically active: History of episode(s) of TB or Abnormal but stable radiographic findings Positive reaction to the tuberculin skin test Negative bacteriologic studies (if done) and No clinical or radiographic evidence of current disease 5: TB suspect: Diagnosis pending TB disease should be ruled in or out within 3 months