Many hospitals have developed calling criteria, helping ward staff to recognize sick patients and the need to call for help.

Calling criteria might include low oxygen saturations, high or low respiratory rate, low blood pressure, tachycardia, oliguria, poor responsiveness (AVPU) and fever.

How about considering an early warning scoring system for your hospital? For more information on this topic, please refer to the e-SAFE e-learning session 11_05 - Early Warning Scoring Systems.