2020/10/13 by Jayne Wheway, Philippa Anna Stilwell, Adam Cook +1 · 4 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · #Child and Adolescent Health #Emergency and Acute Care Studies #Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
paper · doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-319100
The term paediatric early warning systems (PEWS) has emerged to describe an array of interventions needed to improve recognition of children who require review/escalation of care. In 2005, 21.5% of National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the UK that care for children used a PEWS1; by 2013, 85% of units were using a PEWS and 18% had an RRT (Rapid Response Teams) in place.2 The PEWS in use were extremely variable: 36 different parameters were used in various combinations in 2005, growing to 47 in 2013. In 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Nursing brought together a national PEWS Programme Board with the aim of producing a national PEWS for England. This letter describes the …