Early Warning Systems

Authors

  • Daphne Georgaka Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens
  • Maria Mparmparousi Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Michael Vitos Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v7i1%20Sup.482

Keywords:

early warning systems, nursing

Abstract

Currently, medical general wards tend to have a higher number of severely sick patients with a long period of critical illness. In addition, there is a growing recognition that several indicators of acute deterioration are being missed by both nurses and doctors. The consequences of these are an increase in the number of adverse events, such as cardiac arrest and in the number of patients admitted or readmitted in critical care units, contributing undoubtedly to higher mortality rates. As a result, many initiatives have been designed trying to reduce such problems, including the development of early warning scoring systems with the perspective of timely medical response.

The aim of this project is to elucidate the dimensions of early warning systems (EWS), to raise discussion on their validity and to stimulate health leadership in introducing early warning systems into health care mechanisms. After having collected and presented data from several recent articles on the topic, this project intends to discuss about the introduction and function of EWS... (excerpt)

Author Biography

Daphne Georgaka, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens

Specialty: Cardiology

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Published

2012-04-10

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 Sup (2012)

Section

ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2012

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