title: Critical alert.
abstract: Picking up patient problems early has reduced the number of unplanned admissions to critical care. At The London Clinic this is achieved through a scoring system and a critical care outreach team. The outreach team is nurse-led. A scoring system alerts ward nurses to call the team. Under patient group directives, oxygen and intravenous fluid treatment can be modified. A patient group directive for the use of colloid is being developed.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alderman
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States