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Nursing and Residential Triage

The Nursing and Residential Triage (NaRT) tool is specifically tailored for use within Nursing and Residential Home settings, intended for both nursing and care home staff. Rooted in the Manchester Triage System (MTS), NaRT seamlessly integrates with a suite of tools across various domains, all unified under the same system:

  1. Emergency Triage: Deployed in Emergency departments and Ambulance services.
  2. Telephone Triage and Advice: Applied at Urgent care desks.
  3. Prehospital Pathfinder: Utilized in Ambulances.
  4. Community Triage: Employed by Out of hours and Telemedicine providers; Telecare and Pendant providers; First responder organizations; Community assessment services.
  5. SAFE Pathways: Applied by Community-based clinicians.

The six triage tools collectively embody the following principles:

  • Reductive Methodology: Prioritizes the identification of life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
  • Global Clinical Risk Management: Serves as a worldwide clinical risk management tool for safely managing patient flow during high clinical demand.
  • Common Discriminators and Language: Utilizes a shared set of discriminators defined in a discriminator dictionary, maintaining a uniform language and mutual understanding.
  • Training Support: Supported by comprehensive training packages and e-learning modules for practitioners.
  • Streamlining for Local Implementation: Employs a method of streaming for local implementation, ensuring adaptability to specific healthcare settings.

The NaRT tool, designed for Nursing and Residential Home settings, adheres to the core principles of the Manchester Triage System while catering to the unique needs of care and nursing home environments. Its integration with other tools enhances coordination and ensures a consistent, standardized approach to triage across diverse healthcare domains.

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  1. Tailored for Nursing and Residential Home Settings:
    • Benefit: Designed specifically for nursing and care home staff.
    • Solution: Addresses the unique needs of Nursing and Residential Home environments, ensuring relevance and effectiveness in those settings.
  2. Integration Across Various Healthcare Domains:
    • Benefit: Seamlessly integrates with Emergency Triage, Telephone Triage and Advice, Prehospital Pathfinder, Community Triage, and SAFE Pathways.
    • Solution: Promotes collaboration and consistency in patient care across different healthcare settings.
  3. Effective Emergency Triage in Ambulance Services:
    • Benefit: Facilitates Emergency Triage in Emergency departments and Ambulance services.
    • Solution: Enables swift identification of life-threatening conditions, ensuring timely interventions and optimal resource utilization.
  4. Urgent Care Desks for Telephone Triage and Advice:
    • Benefit: Supports Telephone Triage and Advice at Urgent care desks.
    • Solution: Provides a structured framework for remote triage, ensuring appropriate priority and care plans for patients in non-emergent situations.
  5. Enhanced Prehospital Triage in Ambulances:
    • Benefit: Utilized for Prehospital Pathfinder in Ambulances.
    • Solution: Facilitates efficient triage in prehospital settings, ensuring timely and appropriate care during transit.
  6. Versatile Application in Community Healthcare:
    • Benefit: Applied in Out of hours and Telemedicine providers, Telecare and Pendant providers, First responder organizations, and Community assessment services.
    • Solution: Addresses diverse community healthcare scenarios, offering a versatile solution for triage in various contexts.
  7. Clinical Risk Management for Global Patient Flow:
    • Benefit: Serves as a global clinical risk management tool for managing patient flow during high clinical demand.
    • Solution: Ensures a standardized and safe approach to triage, regardless of geographical location.
  8. Shared Discriminators and Language for Consistency:
    • Benefit: Utilizes a common set of discriminators defined in a discriminator dictionary.
    • Solution: Promotes consistency in triage assessments, reducing the risk of misinterpretation and enhancing communication.
  9. Comprehensive Training Support:
    • Benefit: Supported by training packages and e-learning modules for practitioners.
    • Solution: Ensures healthcare professionals in nursing and care home settings are well-equipped to use the NaRT tool effectively.
  10. Streamlining for Local Implementation:
    • Benefit: Employs a method of streaming for local implementation.
    • Solution: Facilitates adaptability to specific nursing and care home environments, ensuring seamless integration into local practices.

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