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TaBLe 15.3
Triage Level of
f Patient's Injury
Triage Level
Patient's Injury Identification
L1
The injury threatening the patient's life that requires treatment immediately
The patient is in danger, but the injury will not immediately threaten the
patient's life.
L2
L3
The injury qualifies for emergency room criteria, but is not life threatening.
The patient's injury is minor, which only needs outpatient or emergency room
treatment.
L4
1. Triage: The patient has to complete his triage level identification at
this stage.
2. Registration: When the patient completes the triage level identifica-
tion, the nursing station inserts patient injury information and triage
level into ER-RFID information system.
3. Assign: Appropriate specialization of physician to provide treat-
ment, the patient receives treatment measure waiting, medical staff
applies PDA to download patient treatment plan.
4. Monitor: Treatment mechanism or leave, RFID monitor patient's
treatment process and waiting time before receiving treatment.
Patient recovered, leaving emergence room, and returned RFID tag.
As Figure 15.2 shows, various hospital database applications work with
the ER-RFID information system. Patient's treatment information, injured
status, and test results are written into the database by reader. The patient's
safety guidelines are embedded into the database to check treatment process
following ER safety procedures. In accordance with the advantages of RFID,
the medical care information systems work together to produce synergies.
15.4.2 Monitor Triage Patient's Waiting Time in emergency room
When the patient completes the triage level classification, the nursing station
inputs patient injury information and triage level into the ER-RFID informa-
tion system. Each triage level has its required safety time frame to monitor
patient waiting time for receiving treatment. This study introduces the cat-
egories of the RFID wristband, and then discusses the alerting mechanism
of monitoring wait time.
15.4.2.1 The Categories of the RFID Wristband
After patient has been triaged, the patient is classified into an injury level.
In Figure 15.3, different RFID wristband color indicator each patient's triage
level and each triage level has a predefined waiting time schedule. In other
