Patient monitoring part 2: Combined Abnormality of Parameters Score (CAPS)

The purpose of CAPS  is to improve patient outcomes by detecting and acting upon early signs of deterioration in patients. CAPS identifies trends in patient observations and ensures that timely patient review and appropriate treatment occurs; and improves the documentation of patient observations. Notification should also occur where clinical deterioration occurs other than that assessed by the CAPS criteria, or where sound clinical judgment would suggest that notification is in the best interests of patient care. To download the slides, click HERE.

Part 3 of the patient monitoring is pain assessment