Use of a paediatric early warning system in emergency departments.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has recently implemented a generic paediatric early warning tool that can be used throughout its paediatric services, from admission to discharge. Informal feedback suggests that using the tool has encouraged staff to undertake full sets of observations; this has improved their confidence in recognising deterioration in children and initiating correct interventions.
Adshead
Nicola
N
Emergency Department, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
Thomson
Raynie
R
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013222:State Medicine; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards