Clinical Deterioration
Across
- 5. A nurses "gut feeling" that a patient is not doing well
- 8. Oxygen saturation below this triggers a rapid response
- 9. Type of output that drops when patients decline (e.g. <50ml in 4 hrs)
- 11. Structures communication tool
- 13. Abnormal rapid and shallow breathing
- 15. Used to assess altered mental and neurological changes
- 16. Sudden mental status change indicating decline
Down
- 1. Low blood pressure; key sign of deterioration
- 2. An important 4- letter sign of decreased perfusion
- 3. sudden worsening of a patients condition
- 4. Medical Emergency Team
- 6. Loss of ability to maintain physiological homeostasis
- 7. Low oxygen levels (<90%)
- 10. Main reason for nursing observation
- 12. Rapid heart rate; often early warning sign
- 14. Systematic assessment approach