Pediatric Advanced Warning System (PAWS)

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Are you evaluating a pediatric patient in the Emergency Department?

Yes No

Age of the patient

years

Oxygen saturation

percent

Temperature

°F °C

Capillary refill time

seconds

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Heart rate

beats per minute

FIO2 (enter from 21 to 100%)

percent

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Diastolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Blood glucose

mg/dL mmol/L

Pain score from none (0) to worse imaginable (10)

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Work of breathing

Select

Neurologic status

Select

Pediatric Advanced Warning System (PAWS)

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Purpose:

To evaluate a pediatric patient in the Emergency Department using the Pediatric Advanced Warning Scoring (PAWS) system of Egdell et al.

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

References

Interpretation and Description

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