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Clinical Deterioration & Acute Care
The Deteriorating Patient: Early Warning Scores and Escalation
Spot the patient who is getting worse, hours before the arrest call.
foundation180 min5 lessons
What you'll learn
- Calculate an early warning score from given observations
- Interpret an observation trend rather than a single reading
- Apply the correct escalation action for a described score and context
- Identify a deteriorating patient whose score understates the risk
- Apply a structured communication format to escalate concern
- Evaluate a described escalation failure for its contributing causes
Course content
5 modules · 5 lessons
1. Deterioration Is Predictable
- Deterioration Is PredictablePreview36m
2. Accurate Observations
- Accurate Observations36m
3. Scores and Their Limits
- Scores and Their Limits36m
4. Escalation That Works
- Escalation That Works36m
5. When the Score Is Low
- When the Score Is Low36m