NEWS2 v.1

National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2

Daniel Keszthelyi

models@cambiocds.com

Determines the degree of illness of a patient and prompts critical care intervention (recommended by NHS over original NEWS).

The Royal College of Physicians recommends the NEWS2 in the following settings: - Emergency: for initial assessment, serial monitoring, and assessment for triage. - Ward: for initial inpatient assessment and serial monitoring. - Prehospital: for communication of illness severity to receiving hospitals.

Do not use in children <16 years old or pregnant patients. May not be reliable in patients with spinal cord injury due to functional disturbance of autonomic responses.

[1] Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS. Updated report of a working party. London: RCP, 2017.

OBSERVATION.blood_pressure.v2, OBSERVATION.indirect_oximetry.v1, OBSERVATION.pulse.v2, OBSERVATION.body_temperature.v2, OBSERVATION.news2.v0, OBSERVATION.respiration.v2, EVALUATION.news2_assessment.v0