We utilize the "Red Tag System" if we do not have the patient's name readily
available on arrival. A patient in critical condition or an unidentified
patient is arm banded with a red tag bracelet to expedite care. A red tag
identification sticker is then affixed to the patient's trauma flow sheet. A
chart with the hospital number is generated by admissions and the red tag
number is placed on that chart in place of the name for the purpose of tracking
lab results and xrays. When identification of the patient has occurred, the
admitting clerk will confirm the identity with the primary nurse or the charge
nurse, confirm the red tag number and medical record number on the patient's
bracelet, and then the appropriate information will be entered on the record
containing both numbers. This way, when all is said and done any
correspondence having to do with patient "xyz" will contain the medical record
number, the red tag number and, in the end, the patient's name. Clear as mud?
Sharell Questelle, RN, CEN, CFRN
Trauma Program Manager
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Joplin, MO
Office - 417-625-2303
Pager - 1-888-797-1668
Fax - 417-625-2902
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From: traumanurses-bounce@mailman.listserve.com
[mailto:traumanurses-bounce@mailman.listserve.com]On Behalf Of Shepherd,
Mary
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:51 AM
To: 'traumanurses@listserve.com'
Subject: [traumanurses] Re: Trauma Naming
Does any one have a policy on naming trauma patients as they come in?
when do you change the name?
how do the radiologists find the x-rays to compare films after the name has
been changed?
how can physicians bill if it is a fake name?
We have changed our process several time however there is always something
that comes up
Mary Shepherd
Trauma Program Coordinator
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Egleston campus
404-325-6530
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