Prevalence and indications for video recording in the health care setting in North American and British paediatric hospitals.

Background: Health care video recording has demonstrated value in education, performance assessment, quality improvement and clinical care.

Methods: A survey was administered to paediatric hospitals in Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Heads of departments or delegates from six areas (emergency departments [EDs], operating rooms, paediatric intensive care units [PICUs], neonatal intensive care units [NICUs], simulation centres and neuroepilepsy units) were asked 10 questions about the prevalence, indications and process issues of video recording.

Implementing the Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System in a community hospital: A prospective observational study.

Background: Late transfer of children with critical illness from community hospitals undermines the advantages of community-based care. It was hypothesized that implementation of the Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (Bedside PEWS) would reduce late transfers.

Methods: A prospective before-and-after study was performed in a community hospital 22-bed inpatient paediatric ward.

Multicentre validation of the bedside paediatric early warning system score: a severity of illness score to detect evolving critical illness in hospitalised children.

Introduction: The timely provision of critical care to hospitalised patients at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest is contingent upon identification and referral by frontline providers. Current approaches require improvement. In a single-centre study, we developed the Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (Bedside PEWS) score to identify patients at risk.

Parental attitudes to digital recording: A paediatric hospital survey.

Aim: Digital recording is ubiquitous in the community. Its objectivity, permanence and utility in medical education have led to increasing use in health-care settings. As participants in this process, the perspectives of families are important to inform practice.