Cares Tower Patient Triage Grid

Cares Tower Patient Triage Grid

Cares Tower Patient Triage Grid

Units: CTA, CTB, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5

This chart does NOT apply to CT6. See reverse.

Patient Condition / Action / Transport / Telephone Number / Service request
Post cardiac or respiratory arrest / Transport to ED
RT to meet patient in ED / Mobile Martin / MM: 216-281-9300 / Say “Stat ACLS ambulance”
RRT—acute stroke per brain attack protocol / Baseline greater than 4.5 hours ago, to ED
Baseline less than 4.5 hours ago, follow protocol / To ED, Mobile Martin
Follow protocol / MM: 216-281-9300 / Say “Stat ACLS ambulance”
RRT—MI with acute ST segment elevation / Transport to ED
RT to meet patient in ED if respiratory issues / Mobile Martin / MM: 216-281-9300 / Say “Stat ACLS ambulance”
RRT—not stabilized within 60 min. / Transport to ED
RT to meet patient in ED if respiratory issues / Mobile Martin / MM: 216-281-9300 / Provider to choose BLS or ACLS ambulance, but should ask for “stat” response
RRT—stabilized within 60 min., but needs higher level of medical care, going to a monitored bed (PCU, 4B only) / Direct admission to a monitored bed
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed / Within 60 min of initiation of call—by RRT
Beyond 60 min., Mobile Martin to ED / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356
MM: 216-281-9300 / Bed assignment; bed must be available immediately
RRT—stabilized within 60 min., but needs higher level of medical care, non-monitored bed / Direct admission to a non-monitored bed
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed / Supervisor to arrange transport by nursing service transporters or CT staff / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be made available asap
Declining patient—does not need RRT but needs higher level of medical care / To ED if time sensitive Rx or STAT work needed such as stat CT, plain films to r/o fracture, antibiotics, etc.
Direct admission to a non-monitored bed
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed / ED—Mobile Martin
Admission—staff transport / MM: 216-281-9300
Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Say “Stat BLS ambulance”
Bed assignment; bed must be made available asap

Patients on CTA, CTB, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5 are outpatients and should be treated as such.

Cares Tower Patient Triage Grid

Unit: CT6

This chart does NOT apply to CTA, CTB, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5. See reverse.

Patient Condition / Action / Transport / Telephone Number / Service request
Post cardiac or respiratory arrest / Transfer to CICU / Code team / CICU: x5040
RRT—acute stroke per brain attack protocol / Follow protocol / Follow protocol
RRT—MI with acute ST segment elevation / Transfer to CICU
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed
RRT remains until transferred / RRT—as soon as possible / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be available immediately
RRT—stabilized within 60 min., but needs higher level of medical care, going to a monitored bed / Transfer to a monitored bed
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed
RRT remains until transferred / RRT—as soon as possible / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be available immediately
RRT—stabilized within 60 min., but needs higher level of medical care, non-monitored bed / Transfer to a non-monitored bed
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed
RRT does not remain / Supervisor to arrange transport by nursing service transporters or CT staff / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be made available asap
RRT—not medically stabilized within 60 min. / Transfer to appropriate level of care
RRT remains until transferred / RRT plus CT6 staff / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be available immediately
Declining patient—does not need RRT but needs higher level of medical care / Transfer to appropriate level of care
Nursing Supervisor to contact Bed Control (when open) or AOD to assign bed / Supervisor to arrange transport by nursing service transporters or CT6 staff / Supervisor: 440-562-1092
Bed Control x5358
AOD 216-701-7356 / Bed assignment; bed must be made available asap

Patients on CT6 are inpatients and should be treated as such.

Initiated 6/2013