Situations that develop suddenly and threaten a person's life or the integrity of life are defined as emergency health situations. According to the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, acute diseases or injuries are stated as issues that emergency medicine will intervene in, but the common problem in many countries is the patient density in emergency services. The concept of triage has emerged due to the number of patients applying to Emergency Services exceeding the capacity of the Emergency Services.

What is Triage?
The word triage is derived from the English words "Triage" and the French words "Trier" and means "separation, classification, prioritization". Triage is the process of determining the intervention priorities of people in need of medical intervention. The current practice in Emergency Services all over the world is to triage patients first. Thanks to an effective triage performed at the Emergency Service entrances, critically ill patients can be intervened without delay during busy times. Thanks to the triage process, patients in critical condition first reach the necessary examination and treatment needs as soon as possible, and hospitals also use their resources effectively.

Etik Life Medical Center Emergency Service T.R. According to the relevant Regulations and Communiqués of the Ministry of Health, triage is implemented. All Emergency Service personnel in our hospital have received triage training and this training is repeated periodically.

Emergency Services are the mirrors of hospitals. All patient reception, diagnosis, hospitalization, operation, intensive care, discharge, in short, all diagnosis and treatment processes that take place in hospitals are present in emergency services or are intertwined. In addition, since Emergency Services are one of the units of hospitals that operate non-stop for 24 hours, they should be structured in a way that they can provide all the necessary medical and social services to emergency patients who apply to the hospital without interruption.

Since the reasons for patients coming to the Emergency Service are usually unexpected illnesses, patients are also anxious in addition to their complaints. This anxiety is that a situation they do not know the reason for takes them to an unknown place and to unknown people. Emergency Services should be designed in a way that helps patients feel comfortable and safe. Doctors, nurses, administrative staff and auxiliary health personnel working in Emergency Services should also behave in a way that helps eliminate these possible concerns of patients.

Etik Life Medical Center Emergency Service is one of the departments that immediately catches the eye with its expert and experienced staff, technological and medical infrastructure, unique architecture, functional design and physical location within the hospital. Etik Life Medical Center Emergency Service offers various conveniences for both our patients and employees thanks to its functional architecture. There are 3 examination rooms, 1 surgical intervention room and a 6-bed observation room in the Emergency Service where patients are examined and treated. There is a separate intervention room in the Emergency Service, which has two separate entrances for ambulance and pedestrian entrances, designed to intervene in minor traumas, cuts and injuries, orthopedic emergencies and where minor surgical procedures can be performed. In addition, in addition to the resuscitation procedures applied in the resuscitation room designed for emergency intervention in critically ill patients and patients with severe trauma, all kinds of emergency interventions can be performed when necessary. There is also an observation room for patients with special conditions or diseases. Our patients who may have special infections are taken to the negative pressure isolation room in the Emergency Service. The Etik Life Medical Center Emergency Service is adjacent to the Radiology department, allowing imaging examinations to be performed on patients arriving at the Emergency Service as soon as possible. Its close proximity to the Intensive Care Units, Angiography Unit and Operating Rooms and its connection to private corridors are also functional conveniences.

As in all units of the Etik Life Medical Center, the laboratory samples of patients in the Emergency Service are sent to the laboratory with barcodes via the Pneumatic Tube Transfer System (PTTS). Thanks to the PACS system in the Etik Life Medical Center Radiology department, radiological images can be examined by doctors on computer screens as soon as they are taken, without the need to print the films. All services provided in the Emergency Service are provided in accordance with the operating procedures prepared within the framework of the Etik Life Medical Center quality and accreditation standards. The in-service training provided within the hospital ensures that all personnel improve themselves.