Afet durumunda triyaj ve acil servis yönetimi

Yıldırım, Ahmet Özgür; Bozbek, Murat; Urfa, Selda

doi:10.5578/totbid.dergisi.2022.35

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“…Disaster triage is crucial for all personnel working in the scene, hospital, and emergency, and continuous training on this subject is necessary. Additionally, pre-disaster preparedness and precautions play a vital role in minimizing the problems that may arise after the disaster [1].…”

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Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital Emergency Department and Triage Organizatıon After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake

Yarkaç,

Buyurgan,

Bozkurt Babuş

et al. 2023

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Objective: On February 6, 2023, at 04.17, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, causing extensive damage in 10 provinces. A state of emergency was declared in the 11 most severely affected provinces. The earthquake had significant global repercussions, leading the World Health Organization to declare a level 3 emergency, which calls for the mobilization of agency-wide resources. At the time of writing, official reports indicate that 50.096 people lost their lives and 107.204 were injured. Following the earthquake affected patients began seeking medical attention at hospitals in Mersin, one of the closest provinces not affected by the earthquake. This study aimed to examine the emergency department and hospital organization arrangements at Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital, triage protocols, and interventions implemented to assist patients affected by the disaster. Materials and Methods:This observational study examines the measures taken after an extraordinary situation such as a disaster in our hospital, which serves as a tertiary university hospital, and the effectiveness of these measures.Results: Over a 15-day period following the earthquake, 2.043 patients were treated in our hospital's adult emergency department with the diagnosis of earthquake victims. There were 1.115 traumatic injuries among these patients, while 928 were affected by the earthquake but were not physically injured and were presented to the hospital for other medical reasons. In the triage category of 1.115 patients with traumatic injuries, 52 were assigned to the red zone, 487 to the yellow zone, and 576 to the green zone. Conclusion:By ensuring an optimal match between patients and their treatment areas after the disaster, the health team working within the context of the disaster can work in harmony and coordination, preventing delays in post-disaster treatment and minimizing health-related effects. With proper team and area arrangements based on the type of disaster and the supply of materials and equipment that match the patient profile that may require hospitalization, it is possible to reduce morbidity and mortality due to the effects of the disaster.

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Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital Emergency Department and Triage Organizatıon After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake

Yarkaç,

Buyurgan,

Bozkurt Babuş

et al. 2023

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Triage in the World and in Turkey and the Triage Knowledge Levels of Emergency Ward Nurses

ASLANOĞLU,

AYYILDIZ

2023

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Triage is a dynamic and continuous process used to define the severity of illness or trauma and to identify those with the highest risk of life in individuals who apply to the emergency department. Nurses play the most active role in the process in which the most appropriate treatment and care interventions are initiated for the sick or wounded in the emergency unit in a short time, and therefore they constitute the main components of the process in this sense. The triage nurse should have appropriate training and experience in emergency nursing triage, decision making, and emergency nursing cares. Nurses who take responsibility for triage should have advanced diagnostic skills, good interviewing and organizational skills, comprehensive basic knowledge related to the diseases and the ability to identify the clues regarding the patient's urgency which are not seen obviously.

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February 6th, Kahramanmaraş earthquakes and the disaster management algorithm of adult emergency medicine in Turkey: An experience review

Yilmaz,

Tatliparmak,

Karakayali

et al. 2024

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine

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This compilation covers emergency medical management lessons from the February 6th Kahramanmaraş earthquakes. The objective is to review relevant literature on emergency services patient management, focusing on Koenig’s 1996 Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) and Secondary Assessment of Victim Endpoint (SAVE) frameworks. Establishing a comprehensive seismic and mass casualty incident (MCI) protocol chain is the goal. The prehospital phase of seismic MCIs treats hypovolemia and gets patients to the nearest hospital. START-A plans to expedite emergency patient triage and pain management. The SAVE algorithm is crucial for the emergency patient secondary assessment. It advises using Glasgow Coma Scale, Mangled Extremity Severity Score, Burn Triage Score, and Safe Quake Score for admission, surgery, transfer, discharge, and outcomes. This compilation emphasizes the importance of using diagnostic tools like bedside blood gas analyzers and ultrasound devices during the assessment process, drawing from 6 February earthquake research. The findings create a solid framework for improving emergency medical response strategies, making them applicable in similar situations.

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Afet durumunda triyaj ve acil servis yönetimi

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Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital Emergency Department and Triage Organizatıon After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake

Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital Emergency Department and Triage Organizatıon After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake

Triage in the World and in Turkey and the Triage Knowledge Levels of Emergency Ward Nurses

February 6th, Kahramanmaraş earthquakes and the disaster management algorithm of adult emergency medicine in Turkey: An experience review

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