Standard 3.3 Emergency services

 Standard 3.3 Emergency services

Emergency services are carried out immediately as a service priority.

Emergency services are available according to emergency, urgent or immediate needs.

a. Criterion 3.3.1

Procedures for handling emergency patients are prepared based on clinical practice guidelines for handling emergency patients with reliable references.

1) Main Thoughts:

a) Emergency patients are identified using a triage process referring to the triage management guidelines in accordance with statutory provisions.

b) The triage principle in implementing a priority system by determining or selecting patients who should be prioritized for treatment, which refers to the level of life threat that arises based on:

(1) a life threat that can kill in a matter of minutes

(2) can die within hours

(3) minor trauma

(4) is dead

These patients are examined by a doctor before other patients, receive diagnostic services as soon as possible and are given treatment according to their needs.

c) Patients must be stabilized first before being referred, namely if there are no services available at the Community Health Center to meet the needs of patients with emergency conditions and the patient requires referral to a health facility that has higher capacity.

d) In treating patients with emergency, urgent or immediate needs, including early detection of signs and symptoms of infectious diseases, for example airborne infections.

2) Assessment Elements:

a) Patients are prioritized on an emergency basis as a triage stage in accordance with established policies, guidelines and procedures (R, D, O, W, S).

b) Emergency patients who need to be referred to FKRTL are examined and stabilized first according to the capabilities of the Puskesmas and are confirmed to be accepted at FKRTL in accordance with established policies, guidelines and procedures (R, D, O).