Question

The charge nurse is preparing for the arrival of clients to the emergency department (ed) after a mass casualty incident (mci). the hospital has an automatic tracking system that is implemented during mcis. which decision should the nurse use the system for during this mci

Answer 1

To determine how many patient can be safely accepted from each level of severity.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Nurse will follow the procedure of "Triage", in order to deal with the large number of patients in the casualty ward.

• Triage- "This process of triage comes into play during MCI conditions as it says that the patients which needs immediate care and supply of health care must be given the priority as the medical center is facing difficulty during the overflow of patients in the hospital."

Explanation:

• MCI-( Mass Casualty Incident)

"The process or the incident which if occurs will (use) exhaust all the facilities present at the hospital or any medical center in no time as the number of the patients are too much for the number of health care facilities available to treat the patients."

• Now the mass casualty is characterized by a large number of patients present in the hospital or the medical center, as the total number of the medicines and health care facilities are just futile to handle the heavy traffic of patients.