C2 Critical care (early warning systems)

C2 Critical care (early warning systems)

How to identify and act on patients whose condition is deteriorating.

• Balancing rules and discretion: the case of an early warning scoring system, Anu Suokas, PhD Student, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
• Why are deteriorating patients not recognised or acted upon - a multimethod approach, Kate Beaumont, Patient Safety Manager, National Patient Safety Agency, UK
• The right person, the right place, Tina Howells, Outreach Liaison Nurse, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust, UK
• Intervention to facilitate earlier treatment in acutely deteriorating patients, Barbara Ann Adelstein,Senior Clinical Epidemiologist, Centre For Health Services and Workforce Research, University of Sydney, Australia
• Serious illness: recognition and response, Ivor John Kirby, Consultant Anaesthetist, Trust Clinical Lead for Risk Management, Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, UK