Clinical study of the effects of modified early warning scores on transference between the hospitals
WU Hua-rong · Journal of Snake · 2011
Objective To study the effects of modified early warning scores(MEWS) on transferring.Methods The patients' conditions were assessed with MEWS during transferring between hospitals.The changes of the patients' conditions and satisfaction of the patients,relatives and medical staff were compared before and after the application of MEWS.Results After the application of MEWS,the rate of changes of the patients' conditions fell to 3.74% from 10.63% with significant difference(P0.01),satisfaction among the patients and the relatives increased to 99% from 96%(P0.05),and satisfaction among the medical staff increased to 95% from 83.3%(P0.05).Conclusion MEWS can accurately evaluate the safety of patients being transferred and improve intervention from the medical staff,which is an easy,effective and applicable method in the process of transference.