title: A paediatric early warning scoring system for a remote rural area.
abstract: Health professionals can fail to identify and treat serious illness or acute deterioration in children because of a lack of relevant training, experience or supervision. In Argyll and Bute in Scotland a standardised, monitoring system was initiated measuring six physiological parameters: temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure, oxygen saturation and consciousness level. The total score dictates what actions to take. This local system was positively evaluated but a national paediatric early warning scoring system is needed.
authors.affiliation: Lorn and Islands Hospitals health department, Oban, Argyll. sarah.henderson@nhs.net
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D012015:Reference Standards; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012606:Scotland; D012720:Severity of Illness Index