Open AccessImplementing a paediatric early warning score into pre-hospital practice
Author(s) -
Martin Rolls
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
british paramedic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1478-4726
DOI - 10.29045/14784726.2019.06.4.1.42
Subject(s) - medicine , inter rater reliability , alertness , feeling , early warning score , competence (human resources) , pediatrics , emergency medicine , rating scale , family medicine , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology
This study addressed a desire by ambulance clinicians for additional education in the examination and assessment of the unwell child; it also explored whether ambulance clinicians could use a paediatric early warning score (PEWS) safely and effectively in the pre-hospital arena.