Course 1: ED Flow Flashcards
What is a scribe?
An unlicensed person performing documentation and other non-clinical tasks under the direction of a licensed independent practitioner.
Scribes CAN…
- Document history, PE, results, procedures, and physician consults.
- Access and document laboratory results and radiology findings.
- Access and display X-rays for the physician to review.
- Locate and obtain PMHx and recent studies.
- Record physician interpretations of X-Rays and ECG’s.
Scribes CANNOT…
- Touch patients.
- Write orders or prescriptions.
- Give verbal orders.
- Do anything that affects patients health.
- Sign or authenticate any chart or record.
- Handle bodily fluids or specimens.
Subjective
Feeling
Objective
Fact
Chief Complaint
The main reason for the patient’s ED visit.
Medical Decision Making
The physician’s thought process.
Pain
Patient’s feeling.
Tenderness
Physician’s assessment.
Benign
Normal, nothing of concern.
Distress
The doctor’s judgement of discomfort.
Febrile
The state of having fever, concerning for infection.
Acute
New onset, likely concerning.
Chronic
Long-standing, not of direct concern
Baseline
An individual’s normal state of being.
Auscultation
Listening with a stethoscope.
Palpation
The act of pressing on an area.
Inpatient
Admitted to the hospital overnight.
Outpatient
Seen and sent home the same day.
People in ED
- Charge Nurse
- Mid-Level Provider (LPN or PA)
- ED Nurse
- Respiratory Therapist (RT)
- ED Tech
- Unit Secretary
- Scribe
ED Flow
- Check in and Chief Complaint
- Physician Assessment
- Objective Orders and Results
- Medical Decision Making
- Disposition
ED Flow: Before Orders
- Walk-In or EMS
- Triage
- Bed Placement
- History and Physical
- Physicians orders
ED Flow: After Orders
- Differential Dx
- Physician orders
- Laboratory studies, imaging studies, procedures, medications.
- Results and ED course.
- Final Dx
- Disposition
Triage
Chief Complaint
Vital Signs
Level of Acuity
Vital Signs
HR BP RR T SaO2
Nurse Assessment
- Confirm chief complaint
- Review allergies
- Brief PMHx
History and Physical
- Subjective (HPI & ROS)
- Past History (PMHx, PSHx, FHx, SHx)
- Objective (PE)
Differential Dx
A list of things that may be causing the pt’s subjective symptoms.
Results and ED Course
Patient re-evaluations. Consults with specialists.
Disposition
- Discharge Home
- Admit for further care
- Transfer to another facility
General Documentation Template
- HPI (story and context of chief complaint)
- ROS (positives and negatives)
- Past History (PMHx, PSHx, SHx, FHx)
- PE (physician’s findings)
- ED Course (Objective results)
- Disposition ( discharge, admit, transfer)
High blood pressure
Hypertension (HTN)
High cholesterol
Hyperlipidemia (HLD)
Thyroid problem
Usually Hypothyroidism, sometimes Hyperthyroidism
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
“I can only take pills for my diabetes”
Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)
“I take shots (insulin) for my diabetes”
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM)
Heart disease
Usually Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Heart attack
Myocardial Infarction (MI) and CAD
Heart failure
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Irregular heartbeat
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)
Murmur
Heart murmur
Episodes of abnormally fast/ racing heartbeat
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Asthma
Asthma
Emphysema/ Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Blood clot in lung
Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Pneumonia
Pneumonia (PNA)
Reflux
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Ulcer
Gastric Ulcer or Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A/B/C
Diverticulitis
Diverticulitis