Would you know what to do?

Sudden illness, serious injury, or a worsening medical condition can strike anyone at any time.  If a loved one, patient, or resident experiences a mental or physical problem, what do you do? Have you ever asked yourself:

• Does this person need to go to the hospital?
• Should I call the doctor?
• Should I just monitor the person?
• Is the person getting worse, or better?
• Do I just ignore these symptoms?
• Are these problems clinically significant?
• How important is this problem right now?

If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, you want our Triage Protocols.

Our exclusive Triage Protocols are carefully designed, downloadable protocols, which are step-by-step flow sheets that focus on prioritizing specific health care problems in adults. They are designed primarily for long-term care facilities, but you will also find them useful for the home health or hospital setting. They help take the guess work out of your health care decision making. If you are a nurse or caregiver, you definitely want these protocols.

This entire manual includes more than 150 "micro modules". These health problem micro modules have been medically reviewed for accuracy and usefulness. They will give you the edge you need to make better, informed, more organized decisions about the priority level of care the person needs!

We call each module or protocol a "micro module" because they're small, concise, and compact. Most are one or two pages long. You can hand them out to your caregivers as refreshers and reminders. Use them as part of your inservice handouts. Post them on your health care bulletin boards. Or, you can keep them for yourself to beef up and strengthen your own knowledge base. Want to see what one of these modules is like? Check out this PDF protocol sample on "Head Injury".

There are more than 150 individual protocols, detailing what to do with specific signs, symptoms, and conditions. You can see a list of all the modules from the list below.

The downloadable manual is in color, with sections color-coded for easy reading in a PDF file format. The hardcopy manual comes complete in a 3-ring binder. The print is not in color, but rather in black and white and shades of gray. Either way, the manual focuses on specific conditions to look for and time frames in which to notify a physician, as well as tips, techniques, and interventions to take in order to prevent, evaluate, or care for a person who presents with these symptoms.

At $99 for the downloadable manual, the protocol modules are only 63 cents a module. The entire set of modules (including an extensive preface on assessment skills and using the manual to the fullest potential) is immediately delivered to your computer as a PDF file with the modules organized in alphabetic order. Bookmarks make it a snap to quickly locate the protocol you're looking for.

The manual is fully paged, indexed, and referenced. If you would like the completed manual in an attractive 3-ring notebook (with the cover identical to the one in the graphic on this page), we have one ready for you.

Want to see one of our modules?