Recognising and Escalating Deterioration in Healthcare

Short Course
Level: Intermediate
Study time: 45 mins

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Lesson series

Introductory, theory course to recognise deterioration in service users, use the NEWS-2 and RESTORE2 bundles, and escalate concerns using SBARD.

This is a theoretical course only. This course does not qualify you to undertake physiological observations, or to interpret results gained from physiological observations. You must implement the knowledge gained from this course with your current knowledge, skills and qualifications. Knowledge must be utilised in accordance with organisational, local and national guidelines, legislation and policy which governs your practice.

The course contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

Who is this course for?

Course Modules

Learning Outcomes

Assessment

Accreditations

Technical Requirements

Certification

Who Is This Course For?

Anyone wanting to recognise deterioration in service users, use the NEWS-2 and RESTORE2 bundles, and escalate concerns using SBARD.

Course Modules

Signs of deterioration
NEWS-2 and RESTORE2

Learning Outcomes

Understand how to recognise the soft signs of deterioration
Understand how to recognise the signs of deterioration in someone with learning disabilities
Understand how to fill out a NEWS-2/RESTORE2 chart
Understand how to use SBARD as an escalation tool

Assessment

You must gain a minimum of 80% in the end of module assessments in order to gain your certificate for this course. You can attempt the assessments as many times as you would like.

Technical Requirements

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