CALHN EMET - Nurse Education - Triage - Coober Pedy

The course aims to provide comprehensive understanding and application of the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS), Through communication, assessment, category descriptors and documentation.

• Apply structured approach to assessment and documentation to assign ATS.
• Describe elements of collaborative communication, how it impacts assessment and identify any barriers to communication and mitigation strategies.
• Identify common adult and paediatric presentations, assessment skill, risk factors, red flags and appropriately apply ATS
• Describe the components of a focussed assessment in adult and paediatric patients.
• Effectively use MIST framework to communicate critical information.
• Understand physiological and anatomical changes in pregnancy and significant pregnancy complications.
• Identify the unique features in children that affect their presentation of symptoms and types of illness and injuries