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True or False: the doctors come to all ERT calls
False. The doctors attend code blues if they are in the building. They may attend a code ERT.
A car accident happens at the light at the exit on St Clair. Do you call ERT?
No, that is outside the PHC property line. Call 911.
Person is unresponsive. What type of code do you call?
Code Blue.
What does ERT stand for?
Emergency Response Team.
True or False: ERT nurses have a modified assignment when they are the ERT responder for the shift.
False. ERT responders have a full patient assignment during the shift.
Visitor is vomiting in the lobby. What do you do?
Ask if they need assistance. Alert switchboard to request EVS.
If a person is awake, breathing and able to respond, and has acute chest pain, what type of code would you call?
Code ERT.
When do you call ERT?
Situations when there is a sudden, acute change in a person's condition where the person is awake, breathing, and able to respond.
Who responds to a Code ERT?
Units are assigned on a rotating monthly basis. One RN from each side (A and B) attend.
A patient with a known history of seizures is having a seizure that lasts 1 minute. Would you call ERT?
No. Call ERT if it is a new seizure, or if it lasts more than one minute. If it goes longer than 5, call a code blue.
After you call 911, who do you have to contact next?
Call switchboard and let them know that you called 911 for which unit.
A community member walks in complaining of severe abdominal pain. What would you do?
Call 911. If possible, stay with the person until paramedics arrive. Call ERT if the person deteriorates.
What are the responsibilities of the staff who called ERT?
Stay with the patient, provide TOA to the ERT responders, follow ERT lead directions.
Staff slipped, fell, and is in severe pain. What do you do?
Call ERT. If possible, consider contacting Health and Safety.
Name 3 things you can find on an ERT cart.
AED, ERT record/documentation, blood pressure monitor, CBG machine, pen light, oxygen tank, CPR board/backboard.
Staff is having chest pain, ERT is called, 911 tells them to give the staff aspirin. Can they give it?
No. ERT responders can only give medications ordered by a physician, or if there is a medical directive.
How many nurses are ERT trained?
0-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-100
There are 100 ERT trained responders at PHC!
Visitor said they missed their lunch. Later you find them lethargic and difficult to awaken. What do you do?
Call ERT.
Can an ERT responder send a patient in respiratory distress to acute care without obtaining a physician’s order first?
Yes.
How do you give report to ERT or MD when they arrive on scene?
SBAR: situation, background, assessment, recommendation.