To ensure that escalating proper actions were taken, an
associated multidisciplinary algorithm was developed
that defined specific care responses to be implemented by
all members of the multidisciplinary team according to
the child’s PEWS score (see Figure 2). This minimized
dependence on the level of experience and workload of
individual team members. It has been reported that
matching the score to an algorithm aids clinical decision
making (Monaghan, 2005).