Emergencies and Services of Medical Institutions Flashcards
what are Emergencies and Services of Medical Institutions?
Hospitals, urgent care clinics, and primary care offices are all institutions that help patients and customers by providing medical and surgical treatment, as well as nursing care for sick and injured people whenever needed.
Although they are all focused on providing medical care, each of these are different in certain ways, created with a unique purpose and target audience in mind, and thus treat patients and illnesses very differently from one another according to their priorities.
It’s important for patients to understand the purpose behind the different types of medical institutions and what each one is designed to treat, and knowing those differences can be very beneficial for future emergencies and situations while also keeping costs low.
what is the primary care offices designed for? and how do they work?
Primary care offices are designed for preventive care and minor medical problems, they normally operate during regular business hours and have a doctor managing the practice. Generally, they encourage and incentivize patients to visit their doctor regularly and to perform all routine check-ups to keep their health in good condition, and they are also a low-cost option for routine medical services compared to the emergency room or the hospital system.
what is the urgent care offices designed for? and how do they work?
Urgent care clinics, as its name indicates, are for more serious injuries that, although not life-threatening, can’t simply be treated by a primary care office. These patients need to be treated immediately to prevent any possible complications and are open 24/7 for any need.
Although the cost is higher compared to primary care, it’s much less compared to hospitals, which are much more costly depending on the treatment or surgery.
what is the hospitals designed for? and how do they work?
hospitals and emergency rooms are designed to tackle any condition that could cause death or permanent injury, and they are also open 24/7 to be ready for any patient whose life could be at risk.
what are the primary care offices ptiorities and audience?
Primary care offices focus on minor illnesses or injuries that can be treated quickly or prevented to improve patient well-being, including advice on managing regular body functions or managing weight, controlling chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, and even tackling mental health.
what are the urgent care clinics ptiorities and audience?
Urgent care clinics handle accidents, infections, minor bleeding, broken bones, and other conditions that are deemed as priorities to ensure the safety of the patient.
what are the hospitals ptiorities and audience?
Hospitals are equipped to handle almost any kind of emergency, especially bigger surgeries and life-threatening emergencies that the other institutions can’t handle. These include chest pain, severe bleeding, burns, strokes, difficulty breathing, and other grave illnesses that leave patients in critical condition and must be treated immediately.
what are minor conditions?
Minor conditions such as fevers or sprains are considered as “non-emergencies”, which will take much longer to be treated and won’t be prioritized compared to the serious illnesses.
what is nurcing home?
A nursing home is designed for patients who require constant care but do not need to be hospitalized and cannot be cared for at home. Often associated with seniors who require custodial care in a residential facility, it can actually serve patients of all ages who require this level of care. Nursing homes have medical personal onsite 24 hours a day. A physician, skilled nurses and therapists are on staff to oversee and provide medical care, assistance with medications, and services like physical, speech and occupational therapy. In addition, the nursing home’s staff offers help with basic tasks that can be challenging for individuals with health issues, including feeding, bathing and dressing.
explain the patient admission. purpose, indications, equipments?
Purpose: to take the patient to the hospital
Indications: hospitalization in a hospital
Equipment: patient registration log, medical history, temperature page, spatula for throat examination, hygienic bath or shower, scales, height meter
what is the algorythm of actions of patients admission?
1) set the order of admission depending on the patient’s condition;
2) check the availability of all documents for admission to the hospital (passport, policy, tests);
3) medical examination;
4) register in the journal “Registration of patients”;
5) fill in the passport part of the medical history;
6) measure the patient’s body temperature, enter the data in the temperature page;
7) conduct anthropometry and record in the medical history;
8) examine the skin and hair of the patient;
9) carry out sanitary treatment of the patient depending on the severity of his condition (full or partial);
10) change the patient into a hospital clothes, take personal clothes according to the list and hand them over to the storage room;
how to Journal the patient admission?
- In the journal, the nurse records: the patient’s surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, passport and insurance policy data, home address, place of work and position, phone numbers (home, office, close relatives), date and time of admission, from where and by whom he was delivered, the nature of hospitalization (planned, emergency), the diagnosis of the sending institution, the diagnosis of the receiving department, to which department the patient is sent.
how to journal the refusal of hospitalization?
- If a patient is refused hospitalization, information about the reason for the refusal and the assistance provided is entered in the journal: medical care, referral to another hospital, lack of indications for hospitalization, etc.
how to journal Inpatient medical record (traditionally called the medical history)?
- The nurse draws up the title page of the medical history, and also fills in the passport part and the left half of the “Statistical card of the person who left the hospital” (form No. 066/y). “Examination log for pediculosis”: filled in when a patient has pediculosis; additionally, a note “P” (pediculosis) is made in the medical history.
how to journal Emergency notification to the sanitary and epidemiological station?
fill in if the patient has an infectious disease, food poisoning, pediculosis.
