Molly Lappe from the Cardiac Care Unit at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois has the following questions:

• What type of early warning system does your cardiac unit use?
•  Have you ever implemented, or considered implementing C-CHEWS  (Cardiac Children’s Hospital Early Warning Score) or a similar  cardiac-specific scoring system? What are the benefits and barriers to  its use?
•  How has a cardiac specific early warning system decreased serious  safety events and/or increased patient outcomes?
•  What do clinical staff (RNs, APNs, MDs) find beneficial in using a  cardiac-specific early warning system?

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By responding to Molly’s questions you help to build a reference base for clinical care for pediatric cardiovascular patients.  Thanks for your help to collaborate and improve practice!