Workload involved in vital signs-based monitoring & responding to deteriorating patients: A single site experience from a regional New Zealand hospital

Objective: This study aimed to quantify the workload involved in patient monitoring by vital signs and early warning scores (EWS), and the time spent by a rapid response team locally known as the Patient-at-Risk (PaR) team in responding to deteriorating patients. Methods: The workload involved in th...

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Main Authors: Ehsan Ullah, Jonathan Albrett, Orooj Khan, Claudia Matthews, Ian Perry, Hamid GholamHosseini, Jun Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022022435