Patient triage The patient is a 72-year-old Samo

The ATS is primarily a clinical tool and all patients presenting to an Emergency Room should be triaged on arrival by a specifically trained and experienced registered nurse, who will record the ATS code and triage assessment (Policy). The nurse should continue to monitor the patient, and if the symptoms change, then the patient should be re-triaged. The triage nurse should also initiate appropriate clinical investigations and management of the patient according to organisational guidelines. The ATS code is applied according to how long the patient should wait for medical assessment in the opinion of the triag

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by the smoker, or second-hand smoke, which interferes with ciliary function and inhibits macrophage function. Stroke, seizures, alcohol, and several drugs interfere with the function of the epiglottis, leading to a leaky seal with possible contamination of the lungs with swallowed substances and/or regurgitated stomach contents. Alcohol and drugs interfere with the normal cough reflex, further decreasing the ability to clear unwanted debris from the respiratory tract. The elderly have a less effective mucociliary escalator and changes in their immune system which causes this age group to have a higher risk for developing pneumonia (Carson-DeWitt and Frey). This could apply to the patient here, since she is 72 years of age. Chronic asthma can also predispose to pneumonia, and this patient has asthma. Pneumonia is suspected in any patient who has a fever, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, a productive cough and increased respiratory rate - all symptoms which this patient displays. Consistent with the patient's chest xray, patients with pneumonia often exhibit consolidation as a feature of bacterial pneumonia, which occurs when the alveoli, the functional units of the lung, become solid due to quantities of fluid an
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