To support the use of the Consensus Statement: Essential Elements for Recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration, an implementation and action guide will be developed to provide further information to assist acute care facilities incorporate appropriate elements into systems and programs they develop for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration.
The guide will provide guidance for tailoring particular systems for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration to suit characteristics of health care facilities such as:
- location, size, role, skill mix or resources,
- patient groups such as maternity and paediatric patients, and
- specific settings, such as smaller facilities.
