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回复 13# Bania
很同情你的朋友。
但是Emergency Dept治疗病人不是按照先来先看的顺序,而是按照伤病的严重程度。受伤、重病、急症患者可以得到立即治疗。你朋友虽然胃溃疡很痛苦,但是不属于life threatening。所以在排序的时候会被安排在后面。以下是5个不同的等级:你朋友的情况应该是最后面2个级别的,所以等候是比较正常的。
Triage
Rating Description
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1 People who need to have treatment immediately or within two minutes are called immediately life threatening patients.People in this group are critically ill and require immediate attention. Most would have arrived in Emergency Department by ambulance. They would probably be suffering from a critical injury or cardiac arrest. (车祸或者心脏止博)
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2 People who need to have treatment within 10 minutes are called imminently life threatening patients.People in this group suffer from critical illness or are in very severe pain. People with serious chest pains, difficulty in breathing and severe fractures are included in this group. (严重骨折、呼吸困难等)
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3 People who need to have treatment within 30 minutes are called potentially life threatening patients.People in this group suffer from severe illness, bleed heavily from cuts, have major fractures or may be dehydrated. (严重出血、严重骨折、脱水)
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4 People who need to have treatment within one hour are called potentially serious patients.People in this group have less severe symptoms or injuries, such as foreign body in the eye, sprained ankle, migraine or ear ache.
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5 People who need to have treatment within two hours are called less urgent patients.People in this group have minor illnesses or symptoms that may have been present for more than a week, such as rashes or minor aches and pains |