The document summarizes Amirul Ashraf Bin Mhd Yusof's clinical elective at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides background on the hospital, which was originally established in 1920 as the first medical center in Kedai. In 2002, the government started construction of a new hospital on the same site, which opened in 2007 with 498 beds. The hospital's emergency department uses a triage system to classify patients into green, yellow, or red zones based on their condition to prioritize treatment. It also has facilities like an asthma room and 16-bed observation room to monitor and treat patients.
The document summarizes Amirul Ashraf Bin Mhd Yusof's clinical elective at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides background on the hospital, which was originally established in 1920 as the first medical center in Kedai. In 2002, the government started construction of a new hospital on the same site, which opened in 2007 with 498 beds. The hospital's emergency department uses a triage system to classify patients into green, yellow, or red zones based on their condition to prioritize treatment. It also has facilities like an asthma room and 16-bed observation room to monitor and treat patients.
The document summarizes Amirul Ashraf Bin Mhd Yusof's clinical elective at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides background on the hospital, which was originally established in 1920 as the first medical center in Kedai. In 2002, the government started construction of a new hospital on the same site, which opened in 2007 with 498 beds. The hospital's emergency department uses a triage system to classify patients into green, yellow, or red zones based on their condition to prioritize treatment. It also has facilities like an asthma room and 16-bed observation room to monitor and treat patients.
The document summarizes Amirul Ashraf Bin Mhd Yusof's clinical elective at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides background on the hospital, which was originally established in 1920 as the first medical center in Kedai. In 2002, the government started construction of a new hospital on the same site, which opened in 2007 with 498 beds. The hospital's emergency department uses a triage system to classify patients into green, yellow, or red zones based on their condition to prioritize treatment. It also has facilities like an asthma room and 16-bed observation room to monitor and treat patients.
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Clinical Elective
Name : Amirul Ashraf Bin Mhd Yusof
Matrix No : 123195
Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim
- Located at Sungai Petani, Kedah
- On 1920, Sungai Petani has one hospital known as Hospital Sungai Petani. It is the first Medical Officer Central in Kedah at that time and surrounded by estate and forest. - On 1942 when Japan came to Malay Land, this hospital was used as their camp. After British takes over Malay Land, this hospital was renamed to District Hospital Sungai Petani. - On 2002, government started a project of new hospital in Sungai Petani. This hospital starts operating on 5/1/2007 with capacity of 498 beds. As of now, the total number of bed has increased to 628 beds due to increase in the population in Sungai Petani. - Services : o Specialist clinic o Emergency o Pharmacy o Diagnostic Imaging o Pathology o Health Education o Rehabilitation o Hemodialisis
Old Hospital (Hospital Sungai Petani) New hospital (Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim) EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- Follows triage system
- Has Primary and secondary triage - Medical assistant will be in charge of this triage - For primary triage, o Patient is screened based on AVPU criteria (Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unconscious) o Then patient will be classified into 3 zones (Green for non-critical, Yellow for semi- critical & Red for critical). o Patient in yellow and red zone is transferred immediately to emergency room for further treatment. o Patient in green zone is send to secondary triage for further checkup. - For secondary triage, o Only for patient on green zone. o Patient’s vital signs is checked and ECG is done here if needed. o Simple treatment for mild illness like fever or simple wound dressing is done if needed. o Patient is classified from G1 to G4 G1 : Fast lane (For extreme ages) G2 : Immediate treatment G3 : Can wait G4 : Non-emergency o Patient is given a number to meet doctor afterwards. o If the vital signs indicate serious condition, patient is transferred to yellow zone immediately. - Other facilities in emergency department : o Asthma room o Observation room (16 beds) o Blood taking room for further investigations