Specialized Consultations & Triage
This course covers workflows requiring specific expertise or unique routing that often bypasses the standard Emergency Department intake.
Course Lessons
Behavioral Health Safety
Applying safety risk labels for agitated patients and alerting specialized safety teams to ensure resources are ready.
Complex Specialty Consults
Demonstrates how to bypass a local facility by consulting both a rural physician and a distant specialist simultaneously on a single communication thread.
Environmental Emergency Specialty Consult
Documenting co-oximetry readings, attaching photos of medical monitors, and looping in specialists (e.g., Poison Control) for a carbon monoxide exposure case.
OB Triage and Pregnancy
Looping OB triage teams into a consultation to provide instructions to bypass the ED and go directly to Labor and Delivery.
Specialist Destination Assistance
Decision-making for complex injuries with varying ETAs. Use audio clips and hyperlinks to coordinate local management or specialist follow-up.
Specialized Burn Consultations
Managing burn patients by looping in burn specialist teams alongside the general ED for expert inter-facility consultation.