Implementation study of a 5-component pediatric early warning system (PEWS) in an emergency department in British Columbia, Canada, to inform provincial scale up

Table 7 Intervention utility: perception of usefulness of different BC PEWS components

Perceived usefulness	Not at all / to a slight extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a great / very great extent (%)
Pediatric assessment flowsheet	25.6	32.6	41.9
PEWS score	20.9	23.3	55.8
Situational awareness ^a	38.0	31.0	31.0
Escalation aid	18.6	27.9	53.5
Communication framework	30.2	32.6	37.2
Overall value to pediatric care in ED	5.3	15.8	78.9

^a Average of responses of the four situational awareness factors (caregiver concern, unusual therapy, watcher patient and communication breakdown)

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