Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality Account 2016-2017

When:
Outcome:
Monthly point prevalence audit data continues to be collected and circulated. The
audit measures:
% of patients scoring within the critical risk category with an appropriate
plan in place (if no critical risk patients at time of audit the high risk
category are used).
Numbers of cardiac arrest calls that have been coded as preventable
following full clinical review
1. Monthly EWS audits:
The focus of the monthly audit and compliance awarded is based upon identifying
patients scoring within the critical level >7 EWS and of those how many have
received an appropriate level of escalation and management plan.
During the audit, if no patients are scoring in this critical risk category then the
high risk category is reviewed instead (5>).
2. Preventable Cardiac Arrest Calls:
Members of the Resuscitation Committee review all data pertinent to any ward
based cardiac arrest. Each cardiac arrest is coded via the review responses and a
final code of a preventable or non-preventable call is awarded.
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