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The Health Quality & Safety Commission has developed a national paediatric early warning system (PEWS) to help clinicians identify hospitalised tamariki with the potential to become more unwell, so they can respond quickly.

This guide covers the common questions raised by paediatric teams during the national rollout of the Aotearoa New Zealand paediatric early warning system about the routine measurement of blood pressure in acutely unwell children.

This guide is designed to help hospitals put in place a patient deterioration system and find ways to improve.

This guide gives quick ‘how to’ answers to commonly asked questions about completing the paediatric vital sign charts.

This document outlines an evaluation of the early implementation of the national paediatric early warning system (PEWS).

Presentations and videos from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's two-day conference Patient deterioration New Zealand: current state and future developments.

Infographics about talking to adult patients with a serious illness and at risk of deterioration.