PUMA-Paediatric early warning systems: Utility and Mortality Avoidance

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  PUMA - Paediatric early warning system (PEWS): Utilisation and Mortality Avoidance. A prospective, mixed methods, before and after study identifying the evidence base for the core components of an effective PEWS and the development of an implementation package for implementation and use in the UK.

• IRAS ID

  156458

• Contact name

  Colin Powell

• Contact email

  PowellC7@cf.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Cardiff University

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  CRD42015015326, Prospero Protocol

• Duration of Study in the UK

  4 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  There is no consensus on the utility of the currently available track and trigger tools for children and there is variance in monitoring of patients, training to aid recognition, response to patient deterioration in hospital and mechanisms to ensure best practice. There is an urgent national need to develop an evidence based PEWS for UK practice and produce guidance to inform national bodies in order to standardise paediatric practice and improve patient safety within the NHS.
  The aim of this study is to develop an evidence based paediatric track and trigger tool, evaluate its feasibility and potential effectiveness in predicting deterioration and triggering timely interventions, identify the contextual features i.e. micro, meso and macro (organisational) consequential for success and factors necessary to ensure successful implementation and normalisation.

• REC name

  South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/SW/0084

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 Apr 2015

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion