Research Article
Physiological-Social Scores in Predicting Outcomes of Prehospital Internal Patients
Table 1
PMEWS admission algorithm.
| Date: | | | | | | | | Time: | | | | | | | | Patient ID label: | | | | | | | |
| | | | Physiological data (MEWS) | | |
| Score | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Resp. rates | ≤8 | | | 9–18 | 19–25 | 26–29 | ≥30 | O2 Stats. | <89 | 90–93 | 94–96 | >96 | | | | Heart rate | ≤40 | 41–50 | | 51–100 | 101–110 | 111–129 | ≥130 | Systolic BP | ≤70 | 71–90 | 91–100 | >100 | | | | Temp. | | ≤35 | 35.1–36 | 36.1–37.9 | 38–38.9 | ≥39 | | Neuro. | | | | Alert | Confused/agitated | Voice | Pain unconscious |
| Patient data: Score 1 for each factor | | | | | | | | Age > 65 | | | | | | | | Social isolation (lives alone, no fixed abode) | | | | | | | | Chronic disease (respiratory, cardiac, renal, immunosuppressed, and DM) | | | | | | | | Performance status | | | | Score | | | | Normal activity without restriction | | | | 0 | MEWS: | | | Strenuous activity limited, can do light | | | | 1 | Patient data score: | | | Limited activity but capable of self-care | | | | 2 | Total PMEWS: | | | Limited activity, limited self-care | | | | 3 | Name of assessor: | | | Confined to bed/chair, no self-care | | | | 4 | Grade: | | |
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