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Table 4 The number of patients who reached the warning zone (WZ) and the rate of in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCAs)

From: Use of a modified early warning score system to reduce the rate of in-hospital cardiac arrest

 

WZ

IHCAs

Admissions

Incidence of IHCAs per 1000 admissions

In-hospital deaths

Apr 2011

 

6

804

7.46

31

May 2011

 

2

814

2.46

39

Jun 2011

 

4

855

4.68

27

Jul 2011

 

4

854

4.68

22

Aug 2011

 

14

831

16.85

31

Sep 2011

 

7

792

8.84

41

Oct 2011

 

5

868

5.76

28

Nov 2011

 

3

818

3.67

24

Dec 2011

 

3

820

3.66

28

Jan 2012

 

3

843

3.56

26

Feb 2012

 

4

769

5.20

35

Mar 2012

 

7

868

8.06

36

Apr 2012

 

3

827

3.63

31

May 2012

 

1

839

1.19

19

Jun 2012

 

1

827

1.21

37

Jul 2012

 

4

965

4.15

34

Aug 2012

 

5

911

5.49

26

Sep 2012

 

3

865

3.47

35

Oct 2013

29

2

940

2.13

37

Nov 2013

39

0

994

0.00

34

Dec 2013

44

2

956

2.09

35

Jan 2014

101

6

1016

5.91

61

Feb 2014

62

1

876

1.14

31

Mar 2014

65

1

1005

1.00

31

Apr 2014

48

4

1088

3.68

31

May 2014

50

1

1057

0.95

40

Jun 2014

34

3

1029

2.92

42

Jul 2014

84

4

1125

3.56

36

Aug 2014

28

1

986

1.01

32

Sep 2014

60

2

987

2.03

37

Oct 2014

36

2

965

2.07

29

Nov 2014

33

3

894

3.36

35

Dec 2014

55

3

1033

2.90

31

Jan 2015

72

4

1013

3.95

28

Feb 2015

46

3

950

3.16

34

Mar 2015

34

1

1047

0.96

32

  1. The number of inpatients during each 18-month period before and after the introduction of the modified early warning score system. The monthly mean number of patients who reached the WZ was 51.1