Triage and Scoring Systems (NEWS/APACHE/SOFA) and CCOT
| Name | World Continuing Education Alliance |
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| Activity Title | Triage and Scoring Systems (NEWS/APACHE/SOFA) and CCOT |
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| Details | This session defines the mortality rate for patients admitted to ICUs in the UK and discusses important aspects of severity of illness scoring systems that are applied to this population. This session also looks at the longer-term non-mortality outcomes experienced by ICU survivors such as overall health-related quality of life, physical and psychological outcomes and how to assess them accurately.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
List the commonly used scoring systems together with their uses and limitations for patients admitted to ICU
List the major non-mortality outcome measures for ICU survivors
Summarize the concept of health-related quality of life
Describe the medium-term and longer-term physical sequelae of critical illness
Describe the medium-term and longer-term psychological sequelae of critical illness |
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| Competence | General Medicine |
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| Start Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| End Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| Event Time | 10:30 AM |
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| Location | World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System |
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| Cost (UGX) | 0 |
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| CPD Points | 1 |
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