The Launceston General Hospital
utilises the Paediatric Early Warning Tool to
document vital signs and flag abnormalities
that the triage nurse should consider at the
time of assessment and provide guidance
in the level of care the child may require. A
childhood early warning tool (CEWT) score
can be applied and identifies those children
at risk of more serious illness. Furthermore,
it categorises age groups of children (0
to 1 years, 1 to 4 years, and 5 to 9 years)
allowing for variances in normal parameters
in children of different ages