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• EWS should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or therapy decisions. It
is not intended to replace the competent judgment of a clinician.The EWS
scores and recommended actions must be used in conjunction with
observation of clinical signs and symptoms.
• MEWS and NEWS are not applicable to pregnant woman, COPD (Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) patients and patients under 16 years old.
NEWS2 is not applicable to pregnant woman and patients under 16 years old.
15.1.1 The EWS Display
The following figure shows the EWS screen.
1. EWS protocol label
2. The current scoring time
3. Total score. The color of the circle indicates the level of risk. For IPS, no
score is displayed. Only level of risk is shown: white means normal and
red indicates alert.
4. Risk level indicator. The level of risk increases from top down. The current
level is enclosed by a white square frame. For IPS, this indicator does not
display.
5.
Subscore area: displays the subscore of each parameter.
6. Reset (available in Continuous Monitoring mode): select this button to
clear the previous score.
7. Calculate (available in Continuous Monitoring mode): select this button
to calculate the total score. It is available when all parameter values used
for scoring are obtained automatically.
8. SpO
2
scale (for NEWS2 only): displays the current SpO
2
scale used for
scoring. Select this area to change to another scale.
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