Triage- what is an emergency
Most Critical patients
- Difficulty breathing
- Poisoning
- Collapse
- Heat stroke
- Hypothermia
- Bloat (GDV)
- Actively seizing
- Major trauma (hit by car, animal attack)
- Penetrating bite wounds around the neck
- Choking
- Excessive bleeding
- Unable to urinate
- Allergic reactions
Less critical patients
- Frequent vomiting
- Bloody diarrhea
- Paralysis (unable to use legs)
- Closed fractures (broken bones)
- Blood in urine
- Birthing difficulties
- Can urinate but is straining
Non-life threatening
- Abcesses
- Minor wounds/lacerations
- Sneezing/nasal discharge
- Stable chronic disease
- Limping
- Skin conditions
- Sore eyes or ears